Basic Wine Guide
The label on the wine bottle says " great with chicken". Is that Cordon Bleu or KFC? Basic rules, red wine with red meat and white with chicken. But that is not true in all cases. The most important ideas of wine pairing are the seasonings and how it was cooked. It has a fruity suace, then any grape wine that has like characteristics. If hotter, bbq or with chili, a fruity and sweet white will calm down effects. Slow cooked meals pair better with gentle mature reds.Charbroiled steaks team better with younger and vibrant fruity wines. As for the "old rule" be different try a Chardonney with your steak, or Pinot Noir with Salmon.
Need a bottle of wine for a gift? The suggestion is to team that wine to cheese. Try to find out, what wines they like or what cheese. One combination is Asti Spumante with Swiss. Another is mild Cheddar with Chardonney.
If they like full bodied cheese, like 4 year Cheddar or Blue, it is a Cabernet.
Hint: Buy a couple of wines, then 4 different chunks of cheeses, cut into small bites on plate with toothpicks, asks guests what cheese, they like with that wine.
ie: sharp chedder, baby swiss, mild brick, pepper jack. Could use colby or co-jack both are forms of mild chedder.
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