Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Which Wines Go Best With What Foods? Here's The Answer!

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We've found the perfect chart for all our wine lovers out there!  Here's your guide for pairing wine and food. Food and wine go together because of the complements and contrasts they offer to each other. Food taste better with wine because wine offers another set of aromas, flavors, and textures that act as a foil to what the food offers.

Having trouble following the chart lines?  No worries, we've listed each food category and wine pairing below.
  • Vegetables: Dry White, Sparkling
  • Roasted Vegetable:  Dry White, Light Red, Medium Red
  • Soft Cheese:  Sweet White, Rich White, Sparkling, Dessert
  • Hard Cheese:  Sweet Wine, Sparkling, Medium Red, Bold Red
  • Starches:  Sweet Wine, Rich White, Sparkling, Light Red, Medium Red, Bold Red, Dessert
  • Fish:  Dry White, Rich White, Sparkling
  • Rich Fish:  Light Red, Rich White
  • White Meat:  Rich White, Light Red, Medium Red
  • Red Meat: Medium Red, Bold Red
  • Cured Meat:  Sweet White, Light Red, Medium Red, Bold Red, Dessert
  • Sweets:  Sweet White, Dessert
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