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“If it works for you, go for it!”
Depending who you talk to, there are many hard and fast rules when it comes to matching wine with food. Traditionally it was always – Red with red meat, White with white meat and fish – Red in the Winter, White in the Summer.
But with the plethora of new and exciting wines on the market and the increase in wines from the New World, these old fashioned, out dated rules no longer hold sway. Here at Global Wine Services, when it comes to matching wine with food, we have our motto, “If it works for you, go for it!”
Whilst we are not advocating drinking the finest Champagne with chocolate mint ice cream, or a full bodied Grenache with fish fingers, we do encourage experimentation to find what matches your personal tastes. Like wine, food can vary from year to year, and region to region, and likewise home cooking techniques vary enormously. The amount of salt, the type of oil and the seasonings used in home cooking will drastically affect your choice of wine.
As we have mentioned, there are no rules to matching and drinking wine with food, but there are a few helpful tips and hints that are a useful step. Some of the greatest food of the world comes from the same areas as some great wines – is this by chance, or design! Which came first, the food or the wine? The wine would have usually preceded the cuisine, and like cooking at home, the cuisine would have adapted to make the most of the wine – if nothing else, take these factors into consideration.
• Match the country of the wine with the country of the food (Spanish Wine with Paella, Italian wine with Pizza)
• Going more micro, match the region of the wine with the region of the food (Vin de Savoie with Gratin Dauphinoise, Languedoc Wines with Bouillebaisse)
• Whatever you cook with, serve the same.
• Reds go well with cheese, although sweet wines go well with blue vein.
• Whites/Roses go well with salads.
• Dessert wines should be sweeter that the dessert! Except for red wine with chocolate dessert!
• If putting on a dinner party, try not to follow the same wine through all courses. It is doubtful it will work (but then again it might!)
• Follow the consistency of the food. If the food is light and delicate, choose a light wine. If the food is heavy and robust, choose a fuller wine.
• Australian wines work well with Asian and fusion dishes.
• Old fashioned wines go well with old fashioned dishes.
And if anyone knows of a good wine to go with soup – please let us know!
For every bottle of wine that we feature, we will recommend a culinary accompaniment, but this is just a guideline. As we say, “If it works for you, go for it!”
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