| Contemporary thought on wine pairing is having a | | | | the food you are having with your wine? If all you |
| slight departure with conventional wisdom on the | | | | can taste is your food, then why do you choose |
| subject. While conventional wisdom assures wine | | | | to waste money having wine with your food? |
| drinkers they must always pair a hearty robust | | | | Instead, you want to have food that makes your |
| beefsteak with a hearty robust red wine and that | | | | wine taste better and wine that makes your food |
| fish should never be served with red wine, | | | | taste better. |
| contemporary thought on the matter allows for | | | | Human palates have enough in common with each |
| many exceptions to the rules. | | | | other that people usually agree that certain |
| Matching foods with wines in modern times | | | | flavors are strong and certain other flavors or |
| requires more artistry than it once did because | | | | subtle. Consequently, when people eat strong |
| the world has gotten small enough that all of the | | | | hearty foods, they know that if their wine is not |
| cuisines of the world are becoming native to | | | | full and hearty, it will not balance or enhance the |
| everyone. Such merging of cultures has caused a | | | | food. Wine must be bold before it can enhance |
| combination of culinary categories and foods that | | | | strong food. |
| do not fit in to conventional red wine or white | | | | Once you have mastered the basic principals of |
| wine categories. | | | | pairing heavy, full flavored foods with heavy read |
| Of course, you should start by learning the basic | | | | wines and pairing light, delicately flavored foods |
| rules for wine pairing before you try to | | | | with crisp clean white wines, you can go on to |
| revolutionize the rules for wine pairing. While wine | | | | experiment with unconventional food and wine |
| pairing comes down to personal tastes, human | | | | pairings. |
| palates usually have enough in common to agree | | | | For instance, spicy Mexican foods or spicy Indian |
| that certain things taste good and certain things | | | | curried foods have traditionally gone unmatched |
| taste good. Because of this, you should begin with | | | | with wine. Of course, as a wine lover, you want |
| the conventional wisdom of European wine and | | | | to have good wine with your Thai food and your |
| food tasting rules. | | | | curry, so you should experiment with different |
| Conventional wisdom is really quite simple. You | | | | wines with such foods until you find something |
| want to balance and enhance the flavor of the | | | | that does not detract from the full flavor of such |
| wine and the flavor of the food with the pairing | | | | foods but that will enhance them. |
| choice that you make with your food and your | | | | While you might find it difficult to come across |
| wine. You want to avoid allowing either element to | | | | just the right wines that enhance the flavor of |
| overpower the flavor of the other element. | | | | foods that are already so incredibly flavorful, |
| If you cannot taste one of the two elements, | | | | when you do, you will have found a match made |
| what is the point of having both? If all you can | | | | in heaven. |
| taste is your wine, then for what do you need | | | | |