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Last week, we explored some of the worst wine pairings possible. This week, we get to turn the table and look at some of the best wine pairings possible. We’ll end with Karen MacNeil’s pairing guidelines from her book The Wine Bible. [Read more…]
Ever tried spicy Asian food with a serious red wine? How about Pinot Noir with a tart salad? While most wine and food pair quite well together, there are a few combinations that plain and simply don’t work. Today we’re going to explore some of the worst wine pairings. As we do this, we’ll pick up some tips on good wine pairings. Next week we’ll switch gears and explore some of the best wine pairings. [Read more…]
I love this WUMO cartoon and hope you like it too. It begs a few questions. Are we supposed to like all wine recommendations? Have we gotten to the point where we only want to hear snooty wine recommendations? If we get completely honest wine recommendations, are we a bit flummoxed? Finally, is an honest wine recommendation a good reminder that we shouldn’t take wine recommendations, or wine for that matter, so seriously? [Read more…]
For the last few weeks, we’ve been exploring challenging wine pairings. We started with artichokes and followed that up with asparagus. Last week we tackled some lesser known challenging foods, including vinegars and spicy dishes. This week, we’ll finish up the series by looking at the last of the challenging foods to pair with wine. [Read more…]
Over the last two weeks, I’ve explored two challenging wine pairings: artichokes and asparagus. This week, I decided to look at the other foods that are considered to be challenging wine pairings. I found so many challenging foods that I decided to split this into two articles. [Read more…]
