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:

Before a:

 

 

DRY wine

SWEET wine

 

 

WHITE wine

RED wine

 

 

YOUNG wine

OLD wine

 

 

LIGHT-BODIED wine

FULL-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

Wines

 

 

Fish, Shell Fish, Crab, Oysters

Dry White Wines, Light

 

Sparkling or Extra Dry

 

Champagne

 

 

Beef, Venison

Full-Bodied Red Wines

 

 

Pork, Veal, Lamb and Poultry

Light-Bodied Red Wines

 

 

Fruit

Sweet White and Sparkling

 

Wines

 

 

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