| Matching Cheese with a good wine can be more | | | | wine would probably be the pairing of Sauvignon |
| difficult than it sounds. Although wine and cheese | | | | Blanc, which is classically paired with Goat's |
| are meant to go together, there are a few things | | | | cheese, although the Sauvignon is also delicious |
| to make the pairing more successful and the | | | | with Cheshire, Lancashire, Caerphilly, Raclette, |
| taste better for both. Many people may assume | | | | Taleggio and Graddost. If you try any of these |
| a red wine goes best with cheese, but in fact it is | | | | combinations, I am sure you will agree that white |
| white wines that actually tend to go better and | | | | wine is much better paired with cheese than any |
| compliment the flavour. | | | | of the red wines. |
| Just like matching wine to foods such as poultry, | | | | Distinctive cheeses or everyday cheeses work |
| fish and beef have some pairings that are better | | | | well and compliment the flavour of a good wine, |
| than others, the same goes for pairing cheese | | | | but some go better than others together and |
| with wine. Sometimes, following one of the first | | | | may be a matter of personal taste. Experimenting |
| rules of matching wine involves selecting wine and | | | | with different cheeses and wines can be a fun |
| cheese from the same regions. For example, | | | | and entertaining way to match the two together. |
| Italian wines may go best with Italian cheese like | | | | Since there are particular regions and styles of |
| traditional parmesan. | | | | wine and cheese, getting the right combinations of |
| Another rule is matching light with light. Under this | | | | flavour in grapes and cheese can be essential in |
| rule, a light white wine might go best with a lightly | | | | the right pairing and this is where the region they |
| flavoured cheese and a more robust and stronger | | | | both come from can make the difference. |
| flavoured wine would go better with a cheese | | | | Since traditionally, wine and cheese pairings were |
| that has a stronger flavour, such as a sharp | | | | done this way in past years and cultures, both |
| cheddar. | | | | the wines and the cheeses were flavoured and |
| In matching wine with food, another rule of thumb | | | | aged to optimize the flavouring of both to |
| is to mix sweet with sweeter. When mixing a | | | | compliment the other. That is the main reason |
| sweet wine with a dessert, a wine that is | | | | that regions are often chosen when making the |
| sweeter than the dessert is desired or the wine | | | | optimal selections, but pairings still come down to |
| will have a nasty and sharp taste. The same is | | | | a matter of personal taste. |
| true when pairing with cheese. A delicate cheese | | | | Since taste is subjective, the only real way to |
| might be desired for a sweet wine and the | | | | make the best matching cheese with a good wine |
| sweetness of the wine will compliment the | | | | is to try different ones in combinations, until you |
| delicacy of the flavour of the cheese. | | | | find the combinations you like the most. |
| A classic, when it comes to matching cheese and | | | | |