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Article #202: Choosing wine to match food

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Creating the perfect mix between wine and Merlot is perfectly matched with grilled
food can be a challenge if you're not meats such as barbecue meat and chicken.
entirely sure what you're doing. With Avoid sweet food with this wine. Pinot
such an array of wine and food available Noir is not well matched with spicy foods
there are always many options to such as Indian, instead it is ideal with
consider. When planning a dinner, choose Salmon, tuna, lamb and duck. Shiraz is
combinations that are popular with a wide great with a meal of barbecue, peppered
range of people. You should always ensure red meats and sausage but should be
that the wine doesn't overpower the dish, avoided with fish.
and you also need to avoid flavor In general, wine is best served at a
transferring. This occurs when a flavor chilled temperature, as it is able to
is passed from the wine to a meal, as it breathe and create the perfect mix of
can result in an unpleasant taste. aromas that will delight the senses and
White Wine: impress your guests. Each type of wine
When creating a wine and food has a glass that coordinates with it. If
combination, Chardonnay is best you don't have a cupboard full of every
complimented with Veal, Salmon, grilled wineglass imaginable though, use the next
cheese and white sauce. You should avoid closest looking glass. The reason that
spicy foods with this drink. there are so many types of wineglasses
Gewurztraminer is ideal when matched with available, is that each one is designed
Pork, Chinese foods and Swiss cheese but to emphasise the full aromas and tastes
must be avoided with light foods. Pinot within a given type of wine. If the wine
Grigio is not an ideal option for isn't served in quite the right glass,
Tomatoes and spicy food as this all these aromas and flavors may not be
combination may create a rather fully realised.
unpleasant taste. Riesling is a very dry How much to serve:
wine and perfect when teamed with Veal, Wine should be opened and served
Shrimp, cream sauces and Turkey. Sweet carefully, especially red wine as this
food should be avoided with Riesling and may create a nasty mess if spilt on white
Sancerre however. clothing or dinner wear. Do not overfill
Red Wine: glasses. It is best to serve a small
In a perfect world a food recommendation amount of wine at first, as this will
would be included on the back of a wine allow the remainder of the wine in the
bottle. Fortunately we can give you the bottle to breathe. White wine should have
insiders tips to getting a wine and food an average serving of three ounces,
combination just right. Barberra red wine spirits one ounce and red wine four or
is perfect with Pizza, pasta, lasagne and five ounces. Serving smaller servings
lemon chicken. When eating fish or will help the wine last longer and will
tomatoes, Cabernet Sauvignon should be allow guests to savour it over a greater
avoided. This wine is better suited with length of time.
chocolate, roast lamb, steak and duck.






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