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Perfect wine-food match
When drinking wine, be sure to have around friends and food. Because you can′t choose your friends to match the wine, at least combine well the food with the wine.
To achieve the perfect combination between food and wine is a pride for every connoisseur. The right wine can accentuate unexpected taste of food and vice versa, wine can shine in a new light when accompanied by the right dish. For this you don′t need to frequent expensive restaurants and buy overpriced wines. You just need to know how.
As general rules, most of us know that champagne goes well with oysters, white wine with seafood, and red wine with game and red meats. But these rules have been broken many times throughout the years because of many ways of interpretation. For example, some red meats could be made more enjoyable by stronger white wines.
Here are some choices matching food and wine:
Heavy dishes and those with a strong taste, such as game and red meat should be enjoyed with an equally heavy wine. In most cases those are red wines but some full-bodied whites could be an equally suitable alternative.
Dry wines could acquire a very unpleasant sour or even bitter taste if served with desserts. Generally deserts are served with wines that are at least comparably sweet, if not sweeter.
Wines with high acidity go best with heavy, rich in fat dishes. This is because the high fat content negates the impact of the acid.
High-tannin wines should be combined with foods rich in proteins. The proteins combine with the tannins and diminuate the tannin taste. Wines made from grape varieties that contain a lot of tannins, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Syrah are an excellent match for red meats and other protein-rich foods. On the other hand, high-tannin wines acquire an unpleasant metallic taste if combined with fish and other seafood. Or they could have an extremely bitter taste when combined with salty dishes.
So finally… which wine? Don’t be stressed out about all kind of rules and try to respect them exactly as they are. The best combination appears when you have an open mind and are ready to experiment. For sure that a lot of times the results would be a bit strange but that’s what will make the experience interesting!
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Alexandra Popa