Love a Happy Ending Lifestyle Magazine August 2013 | Page 6
WINE 101
The Perfect Match
There are so many different varieties of wine
on offer these days that the choice can be
rather bewildering. Red, white, rosé and
sparkling wines adorn the shelves of
supermarkets and fine wine sellers and to
make matters more complicated, you also have
to choose between dry, medium and sweet. Of
course if all you plan on eating for dinner is a fiery curry or a greasy kebab, it could be
argued that just about any bottle of wine will do, but if you are cooking a meal and would like
to choose a bottle of wine to complement the food, which wines go best with which main
meals?
Wine to Accompany Red Meat Dishes
The general rule of thumb when pairing meat with wine is that red wine goes best with red
meat and white wine is more suitable for white meat. But although this generalisation often
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