Wine With Food Flashcards
Sensitive Tasters
Generally like a range of foods and drinks but prefer to have some intensity of flavour and may be sensitive to bitterness.
Like: full-flavoured coffee but will usually take milk and/or small sounds of sugar.
Ripe red wines such as Shiraz, full-flavoured whites such as Sauvignon Blanc and oaked and full-bodies white wines.
Very Sensitive Tasters
Very sensitive to bitterness and astringency making some food wine reactions more extreme, sensitive to bitterness in artificial sweeteners.
Like: delicate teas and/or coffee with cream or sweetened.
Wines with delicate flavours and maybe some moderate amounts of sweetness such as blush wines, sweeter styles of Reisling or more delicate reds with lower level of tannins such as Pinot Noir.
Food is Salty
Wine seems…..
This means…..
Less drying and bitter, less acidic.
Smoother and richer.
Salt can make tannic wines seem more palatable.
Food is Acidic
Wine seems…..
This means…..
Less bitter and acidic.
Fruitier, sweeter and richer.
Take care pairing with wines with less acidity.
Food is Sweet
Wine seems….
This means….
More drying and bitter, more acidic.
Less sweet and fruity.
Take care pairing with wines with less sweetness of with tannins.
Food is Savoury (Umami)
Wine seems….
This means,,,,
Mods drying and bitter, more acidic.
Less sweet and fruity.
Take care pairing with wines with high levels of tannins or oak character.
Food is Fatty/Oily
Wine seems….
This means….
Less acidic
Pair wines with high levels of acidity.
Food is Hot (Chilli)
Wine seems….
This means….
More drying and bitter, less sweet and less fruity. Increases heat from Chilli.
Pair with wines light in alcohol, fruity and maybe some sweetness.
Food is Highly Flavoured
Wine seems….
This means….
Overwhelmed by the food flavours.
Pair with wines with similar intensity of flavours.
Service temperature for Medium/Full-Bodied Oaked White.
Give wine style examples.
Lightly chilled
10-13 C
White Burgundy, Fumé Blanc
Service temperature for Light/Medium-Bodied White.
Give wine style examples.
Chilled
7-10 C
Muscadet, Pinot Grigio, New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, Fino Sherry
Service temperature for Sweet Wine.
Give wine style examples.
Well Chilled
6-8 C
Sauternes, sweet muscats
Service temperature for Sparkling Wines.
Give wine style examples.
Well Chilled.
6-10 C
Champagne, Cava, Asti
Service temperature for Light-Bodied Red.
Give wine style examples.
Lightly chilled
13 C
Beaujolais, Valpolicella
Service temperature for Medium/Full-Bodied Red.
Give wine style examples.
Room Temperature
15-18 C
Red Bordeaux, red burgundy, Rioja, Australian Shiraz, Châteauneuf-du-Pape, Barolo, Amarone della Valpolicella, Vintage Port
