Sunday, February 14, 2016

What wine goes with what food?

What wine goes with what food?
The COMPATIBILIZATION WINE / FOOD
What wine goes with what food?
The perfect wedding wine / food is perhaps the most controversial topic of wine. The diversity of food and wine is very large and the possible combinations, huge. Moreover, the purely technical criteria, should be added to the "wedding" attached to the cultural tradition of human groups (fque and sometimes collide with technical standards) and subjective taste, personnel, each ipode not be neglected: after all, wine is first of all pleasure.


"It is worth mentioning some of the consecrated combinations that occur to us, and surrounded by perfect unanimity: Chablis wine with oysters, Port with Stilton cheese, Sauternes with foie gras.
There are also "difficult marriages", in which the main obstacle ingredients are attending some regional cuisines. The oriental dishes (Indian, Chinese, j aponesa, Korean, Thai and Arabic latter full of lemon and raw onion) are difficult to follow. Plates in the presence of vinegar, citrus fruits, eggs, asparagus, artichoke is remarkable and chocolate, are also a challenge for wines.
Some general rules should be retained and function: red meat and red wine with game, fish and seafood with white. If we want to make choosing an eminently technical, we juxtapose the organoleptic characteristics of the food and drink and analyze if it works. Thus, the combination can be made by similarity or opposition.
COMBINATION BY SIMILARITY
Wines with aromas discrete -> ate the little spicy
Wine with powerful aromas -> food with good aromatic presence
Young wines and fruity -> simple, rustic dishes
Old wines and full-bodied -> refined dishes
Light wines -> dishes with sauces lean
More structured wines -> succulent dishes with sauces
COMBINATION IN OPPOSITION
One should take into account the following criteria:
Sugar reduces the acidity Acidity reduces fat juiciness attenuates the tannin
Example: Roquefort cheese or foie gras (fatty and salty food) -> Wine Sauternes (sweet and sour). In a more empirical relationship follows a advisable combinations:


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