It can be hard to find a wine that goes well with spicy food, because the receptors on your tongue don’t do well with both capsaicin and alcohol. As a result you need something with a fair amoun...

When correctly paired, food and wine should pleasantly complement one another. If they are paired incorrectly, unfavorable qualities in the wine or the food will be brought out. To make good wine an...

Peking duck, one of the most famous dishes of Chinese cuisine, is comprised of slices of roast duck and skin wrapped in a thin, flour pancake accompanied by hoisin sauce, a sweetened and fermented soy...

When you are having Chinese dim sum or fried appetizers (fried won ton, fried dumplings, fried spring rolls, crab rangoon, etc), shrimp dumplings, fish cakes, or turnip cakes, try pairing the food wit...

For times when comfort foods such as stew, shepherd’s pie, chicken pot pie, chicken and dumplings, etc are on your menu, choose a wine such as merlot which has a plummy fruity taste which is an ...

The perfect choice for a chocoholic ready to sit down with a box of chocolates is a dessert wine such as a true port from Portugal or Banyuls from the Pyrenees of France. These wines have a great dal...

If you are having fish, sushi, or sashimi (thinly sliced raw fish), try having champagne with your meal. It is said that the bubbles in the champagne are great for washing away any fishy taste in you...

If you are sitting down to have an Asian meal, try a German Riesling or a Gewurz-traminer to help clear the palate between bites. If you are having Thai food or spicy food, have a cabernet to accompa...

If you are having a meal heavy on the red meat side, a robust cabernet sauvignon would go very well with the meal. Supposedly, when you are chewing on a juicy rare steak, the protein in the steak wil...

If you are on a health kick and are just having a salad for your meal, you might want to try to accompany that salad with a crisp New Zealand sauvignon blanc which has been described as drinking a sal...

If you are having a healthy meal with lean chicken or white meat, try having your meal accompanied by a low-alcohol wine such as a pinot noir from Oregon or a Riesling, which can have as little as 7 t...

Here are some foods which pair well with red wine: - Chicken - Pork - Lamb - Crabs - Venison - Crackers - Ribs - Hamburger - Salmon

Here are some foods which pair well with red wine: - Steak - Pasta - Cheese - Lamb - Salad - Pizza - Fish - Chocolate - Veal - Chicken

Each time wine and food are paired together, the taste sensations in the wine react with the flavors present in the food. Food and wine are a dynamic combination. When choosing which wine to pair wi...

Seafood dishes usually have very delicate flavors, so it is important that the accompanying wine does not overpower the flavors of the seafood. Here are some suggested pairings: Smoked salmon wi...