What wine to match with what food?
Of course, there is one easy way to match the wine and the food. Go with Wine Buddy’s food match recommendations that are included with every wine on the Wine Buddy website. Gee thanks Wine Buddy! Alternatively, there are a few well tested principles that you can work to: Match the weight or richness of the food with the body of the wine. • Big rich foods (like casseroles & roast meat) need a full-bodied wine (like many of the intense and fruity reds) • Always remember the sauce as well. If you have a big, creamy sauce in the dish then a bold, rich white would make a good choice. Do not confuse flavour intensity with weight and match the flavour intensity of both wine and food • Heavyweight food like pasta or potatoes on their own are limited in flavour whereas a classic, simple Italian Salad is full of flavour and light in weight. • The trick here is match the flavour intensity of the wine with that of the food. So don’t match a Clear, Pure Dry White with braised beef – choose an Inte
