Suggestions For Matching Food And Wine; Common Food And Wine Matches - U-Line 2175DWRWC Use And Care Manual

Suggestions for Matching Food and Wine

Although there are no hard fast rules for matching wine
to food, observe some guidelines. Delicate dishes should
be accompanied by lighter more delicate wines. Full-
flavored foods should be matched with fuller-bodied
wines.
As a general rule, one should aim to ascend in flavor and
quality of wines served.
Table 1
Serve a:
DRY wine
WHITE wine
YOUNG wine
LIGHT-BODIED wine
Any step back in quality will be noticed. If a fine wine is
tasted prior to a lesser wine, many of the fine wine's
subtle qualities may be missed.

Common Food and Wine Matches

Table 2
Foods
Fish, Shell Fish, Crab, Oysters
Beef, Venison
Pork, Veal, Lamb and Poultry
Fruit
Before a:
SWEET wine
RED wine
OLD wine
FULL-BODIED wine
Wines
Dry White Wines, Light
Sparkling or Extra Dry
Champagne
Full-Bodied Red Wines
Light-Bodied Red Wines
Sweet White and Sparkling
Wines
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