WINE AND FOOD

Question 1

How does sweetness in food affect the taste of a wine?

Answer 1

Increased the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and the warming affect of alcohol

Decreases the perception of body, sweetness and fruitiness

Question 2

How does umami in food affect the taste of a wine?

Answer 2

Increased the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and the warming affect of alcohol

Decreases the perception of body, sweetness and fruitiness

Question 3

How does acidity in food affect the taste of a wine?

Answer 3

Increases the perception of body, sweetness and fruitiness in a wine

Decreases the perception of acidity in the wine

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Question 4

How does salt in food affect the taste of a wine?

Answer 4

Increases the perception of body in the wine

Decreases the perception of astringency, bitterness and acidity in the wine

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Question 5

How does chilli heat in food affect the taste of a wine?

Answer 5

Increased the perception of bitterness, astringency, acidity and the burning affect of alcohol

Decreases the perception of body, richness, sweetness and fruitiness

(Alcohol also increases the burning sensation of chilli)