Mixing Wine And Cheese
March 7, 2009
What does one serve with wine has always been an age old issue for those who do not know. They say wine normally partners with other finer ingredients of life and one of them is cheese, though at times it makes a tough time of making a good relation with its wine buddy and visa-a-versa. For those in the know you will know that at times even a red wine will feel dull and lifeless if the wrong cheese is served.
Are you by any chance at loss of words on the subject, yet is one who loves to make a good splash at a party because you have a good wine collection all stocked up in the cellar? We will tell you how to decide on the savory accompaniments when serving wine.
We will give you the basic information of how to mix a variety of vines with an assortment of cheeses that are easily available in most supermarkets and delis on the dairy product shelves. If you are planning a special dinner, it would be nice if you close it of with an extraordinary meal of cheese assortments. This in collaboration with the wines you will be using for the evening. They say if you have a strong cheese the more intense should be its partner. Sorry but it is not as simple as matching a, like to like, it is a lot more different than chalk and cheese.
Cheeses like the Brie and Camembert are soft and creamy cheeses and coat the palate with a layer of soluble fat that eventually mask all tastes unless you serve a suitable wine along with it. Even a red wine will seem lifeless in such a case. What you need with such cheeses is extra dry champagne. The extra dry champagne effervescence will clean that palate off real quick. The two then make a perfect couple together.
If red wine is a must for the evening then we suggest the following for an evening of wine and cheese. Try the concentrated rich red wine such as Amarno della Valpolicella. Thios. This is an Italian dry red wine made from air dried grapes. It will stand up to the moist pungent cheeses you may wish to fill the platter with. The Ripasso di Valpolicella from the same region is an equally good red wine. For port wine, the prefect partner is creamy Stilton cheese.
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