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| 02/27/2007 1:36 PM |
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| 1. Select light-bodied wines to pair with lighter food, and fuller-bodied wines to go with heartier, more flavorful dishes. Using the salmon example above, the Pinot Noir works beautifully with the fish because you are matching light to light. Otherwise a full-bodied, heavier wine will overpower a light, delicate dish, and similarly, a lighter style wine will not even register on your personal flavor meter if you sip it with a hearty roast. You may as well drink water. |
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| 2. Consider how the food is prepared. Is it grilled, roasted, or fried, for instance, and what type of sauce or spice is used? For example, chicken with a lemon butter sauce will call for a different more delicate wine to play off the sauce than chicken cacciatore with all of the tomato and Italian spices, or a grilled chicken breast. |
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| 3. For every food action, there is a wine reaction. When you drink wine by itself it tastes one way, but when you take a bite of food, the wine tastes different. This is because wine is like a spice. Elements in the wine interact with the food to provide a different taste sensation like these basic reactions: |
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| 4. Sweet Foods like Italian tomato sauce, Japanese teriyaki, and honey-mustard glazes make your wine seem drier than it really is so try an off-dry (slightly sweet) wine to balance the flavor (Chenin Blanc, White Zinfandel, Riesling). |
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| 5. High Acid Foods like salads with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, soy sauce, or fish served with a squeeze of lemon go well with wines higher in acid (Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir). White Zinfandel, although not as high in acid, can provide a nice contrast to high acid foods. |
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| 6. Bitter and Astringent Foods like a mixed green salad of bitter greens, Greek kalamata olives and charbroiled meats accentuate a wine's bitterness so complement it with a full-flavored forward fruity wine (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot). Big tannic red wines (like many red Zinfandels, and Shiraz or Syrah wines) will go best with your classic grilled steak or lamb chops, as the fat in the meat will tone down the tannin (bitterness) in the wine. | |
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| 12/30/2007 9:33 PM |
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WINE |
| Hors D'Oeuvres |
Champagne, sparkling wine, Chardonnay |
| Raw Vegetables |
Pinot Grigio, Chenin Blanc |
| Nuts |
Dry Fino Sherry, Sercial Madeira |
| Shellfish (Raw) |
Champagne, Chablis, Muscadet, Vinho Verde |
| Soups (clear) |
Dry Fino Sherry, Sercial Madeira |
| Soups (creamy) |
Chardonnay, any dry wine |
| Soups (thick) |
Pinot Noir or any dry red |
| Cold Cuts & Poultry |
White Zinfandel or semi dry rose |
| Meat & Poultry with BBQ Sauce |
Red Zinfandel, Syrah, Cotes-du-Rhone, Chambourcin |
| Pasta |
Chianti Classico, Valpolicella, Barbera |
| Fish (poached) |
Chardonnay, Champagne, Muscadet |
| Bouillabaisse |
Chardonnay, dry Cotes-du-Provence Rose |
| Fish (baked) |
Chardonnary, Pouilly-Fuisse, Seyval Rose |
| Chicken & Turkey |
Pinot Noir, Beaujolais, Chardonnay (white meat) |
| Pork & Ham |
Chenin Blanc, White Zinfandel, Rhine or Mosel of Kabinett |
| Veal |
Pinot Noir, Beaujolais or Cotes-du-Rhone |
| Lamb |
Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot |
| Roast Beef |
Pinot Noir, Beaujolais or Cotes-du-Rhone |
| Steak |
Cabernet Sauvignon or Syrah |
| Stews |
Zinfandel, Cotes-du-Rhone or Beaujolais |
| Game |
Full-bodied Rhone Reds |
| Salad |
No wine (vinegar dressing spoils it!) |
| Dessert |
Sauternes, Vouvray, Moscato d'Asti, Auslese or other late harvest wines |
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