This Months Article of
Interest
Picking The Perfect
Wine To Match Your Cuisine
It might be real easy for a wine expert to find the
perfect bottle to match a meal but how do we do it?
After all, if you go along to your local liquor store
you’ll be faced with all kinds of types of wine to choose from. So, do you
splash out on a fine red wine, buy a budget white wine or even look at a vintage
bottle of champagne?
Read on through our introductory guide and your worries
will be over – we’re about to give you an idea of which wines go with which food
so you can just get on with drinking them!
White Wines
Most people prefer to pair up a white wine with lighter
food. So, you could find the perfect combination here with white meats such as
chicken and pork, with light salads or with fish and seafood. The key here is
not to drink a wine that might overwhelm the tastes you are getting from your
meal – for most of us a white wine will give the light crispness that we need.
Red Wines
Red wines are generally held to best match up with heavier
or more substantial meals. So, you could, for example, try red wine with lamb,
beef and tuna. Many vegetarians like a nice bottle of red with their food as
well. Red wines are generally of a fuller body than white wines so they can hold
their own with strong flavors.
Dessert/Sweet Wines
These types of wine are – as you can imagine – best suited
to be eaten with desserts and puddings. Funnily enough, mixing a sweet dessert
with a sweet wine really does work.
Champagne
Which is the best food to drink with champagne? Any food!
Go to a formal wine tasting and the expert might tell you that champagne isn’t
really a wine that should be drunk with food. The truth is – if you like it and
can afford it – then you can drink it any time you like!
The key thing to remember with wines when you are looking
to pair them with food is that you should make the ultimate decision on the
bottle you buy yourself. The guidelines of keeping white wine for light foods
and red wines for heavier foods works fine – but if you find a white wine you
love and you want to have it with steak then go ahead!
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