Wine & Food Pairings
Wine and Food pairings is an individual choice. Every person's sense of taste is different. In general, each person should decide for him or herself what combinations of wine and food taste good - don't worry about what anyone else says should work.
Remember - these are only guidelines!! You will figure out quite quickly that your own tongue has its own idea of what goes well with what. Trust your own judgement, and eat and drink what you enjoy!
Typically, you want to drink light-to-dark, just as when you plan a meal you start with delicate tastes and work towards heavier tastes. For this reason, you normally don't serve a red wine with appetizers or opening courses in a meal. Red wines do go very nicely with heavier foods - beef, red pasta, and so on.
A food can exagerate or diminish the flavor of a wine. And wine can dominate even a rich dish. Food and wine should combine to contribute to each other.
A red wine has tannins while there is almost no tannin in white wine. Tannin wines are not suitable for delicate and/or salty dishes as they will kill the subtle flavour of the food. Lobster is a delicate and flavourful dish. Therefore lobster needs a white wine to go with.
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Baron st Jean Merlot Cabernet Bordeaux (France) 12% abv 75 CL Brand: Bordeaux is the largest Fine Wine region in the world. This wine shows a hint of spice with oaky complexity from partial… |
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Banda Azul Crianza Paternina (Spain) 12.5% abv 75 CL Brand: Paternina Banda Azul is a wine from La Rioja, Spain. This wine is racked every 5 months using the traditional system and… |
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Cotes du Rhone La Tour Cleric 2007 (FRANCE) 13.5% abv 75 CL Brand: It is strong in character and reflects the region - sun-filled, deep in color and redolent of flowers, herbs and spices.… |
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Jack Rabbit Merlot 2007 (California) 12.5% abv 75 CL Brand: Jack Rabbit Merlot 2007 is smooth and supple with lively crushed berry fruit aromas and flavours of ripe plums and berri… |
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Marques de Caceres Gran Crianza 2005 Rioja (Spain) 13% abv 75 CL Brand: Liverly nose with notes of red fruit seasoned by slightly spiced sweet vanilla. Very fruity on the palate with some smoo… |
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Marqués de Riscal Rioja Reserva 2004 (Spain) 14% abv 75 CL Brand: A classic Rioja with complex aromas of vanilla and toasted oak combined with summer fruit flavours. 90% Tempranillo was … |
£6.99 | |
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Muga Reserva Rioja (Spain) 14% abv 75 CL Brand: This is an intense Rioja made from predominately Tempranillo grapes that has been given extended barrel ageing to comple… |
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Ravenswood Zinfadel Old Vine Sonoma County (California) 15.5% abv 75 CL Brand: This is a big and powerful red wine, full bodied on the palate and packed with fruit. |
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