Thursday, August 30, 2012

A Wine for Every opening

As a wine lover, you know that there is a wine for every chance and you enjoy discovering new and fresh ideas about which wines are fun and inspiring for every occasion. food is the high calling for enjoyment of wine yet wine drinking for the enjoyment of a wine is also extremely appreciated by most wine connoisseurs.

A dessert wine is a prime example of a wine that can often best be enjoyed without the advantage of food. Indeed, many connoisseurs believe that the best attitude about dessert wine is that the dessert wine is the dessert, not an accompaniment to the dessert. A fortified Port or Sauternes make fine dessert wines that need no sweet dessert dish to detract from their own sweetness.

Food And Dessert

Full bodied, yet plane red wines such as a Shiraz or a Merlot can also stand on their own merits without the accompaniment of food. You can sip a plane full-bodied glass of red wine such as this because it does not need any enhancements to make it as enjoyable as it can get. More often, though, citizen wish to pair their wines with foods because their meals are not as good without wine. A uncomplicated spaghetti dish is a dish that you can enjoy without the benefits of wine, but once you pair a great Sangiovese with an lowly spaghetti dish, you will never want to go back to spaghetti without it.

Likewise, appetizers are great on their own, but add Champagne, as an aperitif and you will probably never be satisfied with the tiny snacks again without it. whether your aperitif is a pre-lunch or pre-supper drink, you can find a wine or Champagne that will serve as a inspiring accompaniment to your appetizer.

On the same note, you can find a wine to accompany any meal as well. Are you planning a light, sophisticated luncheon for your book club members? maybe such an chance calls for a cool, light sophisticated un-oaked Chardonnay. Are you planning neighborhood relationship Sunday afternoon meeting? After the enterprise of the meeting is over, maybe you should serve a hearty lunch of burgers and grilled foods. A Southern Australia Cabernet Sauvignon would accompany such a meal perfectly.

If you want to plan an elegant supper party with five courses, you will want distinct wines for distinct courses. If you do this, you will want to begin with lighter bodied wines to match the lighter style of the first two courses. Usually, the appetizer courses of such meals consist of selections of Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio.

The third and fourth courses of a five-course meal regularly call for red wines. For the third course, a lighter bodied Pinot Noir is regularly good and for the fourth course, regularly the main course, you will often want to settle on a heavy-bodied, full and well rounded Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot.

The fifth course, the dessert, as discussed above can be all about the wine if you so choose. On the other hand, if you prefer to have food with your last course, you could serve cheese or nuts with your dessert wine.

A Wine for Every opening

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