Pairing wine and food Flashcards
As a general rule, sweet food is best served with which type of wine?
A wine that has higher levels of sugar than the food.
What effect does sweetness in food have on wine?
Make a dry wine seem less fruity and taste unpleasantly acidic.
What effect does umami in food have on wine?
Make the wine more drying and bitter, more acidic, less sweet and fruity.
What effect will chilli in food have on the wine?
Alcohol in the wine seems more noticeable. Wine also increases the heat from chilli. Particularly noticeable with higher alcohol wines.
What effect will high flavoured foods have on the wine?
Overwhelm the flavours of the wine.
What effect will acidity in food have on the wine?
If the wine is high in acidity, acidity in food can make the wine seem fruitier and less acidic.
What wine characteristic can provide a satisfying combination with fatty or oily foods.
Wines high in acidity can give the sensation of the acidity cutting through the fat of the food and cleansing the palate.
What effect does saltiness in food have on the wine?
Wine seems fruitier and less tannic.
What are the 2 most important things to take into consideration when it comes to food and wine pairing?
Preferences and/or sensitivities of the individual
Basic interactions between food and wine
