| There are 3 rules for choosing the correct dinner | | | | thinking about ordering or cooking, the way it is |
| wine, these time honoured rules have been | | | | cooked, the various spices and seasonings added, |
| handed down through many generations of wine | | | | then when you have considered the following |
| lovers and if adhered to, your dining experience | | | | choose a wine that will complement those |
| will be second to none. | | | | elements or contrasts and you should end up with |
| Rule 1: Drink what ever wine is you like the best. | | | | far more intense flavours and tastes. |
| Now this sounds quite obvious, doesn't it? You | | | | Rule 3: Always read a wine label. Wines from |
| could be shocked at how many wine drinkers get | | | | different parts of the worlds are all different, |
| caught up in the notion that only select wines can | | | | again this sounds obvious, even the popular wines |
| be drunk with a select meal, this just isn't so! We | | | | from merlots to Shiraz's and Cabernet's to |
| all have our own wine preferences and when it | | | | zinfandels are all different in the way they are |
| comes to such wines we all know the wine we | | | | produced. A European merlot will be different |
| like to dine with. | | | | from the merlot wines found in the states and |
| Of course, if you do your research you will find | | | | Australia. A prudent move would be to really think |
| various opinions and most of them will say the | | | | about what you are going to order or what you |
| same thing, which certain wine goes with certain | | | | have decided to cook and how it will be cooked. |
| foods, but at the end of the day the choice of | | | | In cooking there are many herbs and other things |
| what wine to drink is really up to you, no matter | | | | added to the dish, so the decision over what wine |
| what any review or guide says. | | | | to have should follow this train of thought to |
| Rule 2: White wine with white meat or fish and | | | | make sure the wine will blend in well with these |
| red wine with red meat? Not always! For those | | | | various flavours, if this is followed correctly then |
| who have some knowledge of wines will know | | | | the meal should be such a memorable experience. |
| that white wine goes with white meat and fish | | | | Apart from trying to find out where the wine |
| and red wine goes with red meat. But being | | | | was produced, it is also smart move to check out |
| stringent with the rules takes out all the joy of | | | | some local wineries and vineyards. On the wine |
| choosing a good wine you truly enjoy. | | | | label, the more abundant the information the |
| The pivotal point here is to have faith in your own | | | | better the wine will be. This will of course lead to |
| sense's and what you consider as a good choice. | | | | one of the most deciding factors when choosing a |
| Wine ought to do one of two things when you | | | | wine, the price. The finer the wine the more |
| have a meal; complement or contrast. Not all fish | | | | expensive the wine is likely to be. |
| dishes are cooked in the same manor, with this | | | | Wine - Wine of all categories from white wine to |
| being the case then why should you only adhere | | | | red wine to fortified. |
| to the white wines? | | | | Wine - White wine from many regions white |
| A good thing to do is consider the dish you are | | | | wines like chardonnay and pinot grigio. |