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For our January Meeting we had an evening looking at Food and Wine Matching from different perspective presented by Tricia Smith. Generally we try specific wines with specific foods but this evening was more about why certain wines, or styles of wine, go well with certain foods – and most important, your personal taste.
In order to look at how the structure, flavour and texture of wine affect the match with different foods members were subjected to sucking lemons, eating salt, sugar and butter to see how the effect on the wine. There were also lots of much more pleasant things to try and experiment with, the aim of the evening being to build a personal profile of food and wine style matches that suit your palate.
WHITE WINES
Origin Chenin Blanc 2013 South Africa – ABV 12% £10 (Tesco)
Seven Seeds Sauvignon Blanc 2013 New Zealand – ABV 12.5% £12 (Tesco)
Cuckoo Collection Chardonnay 2011 Australia – ABV 13.5% £11 (Tesco)
Faustino Rivero Rioja Blanco 2013 Spain – ABV 12% £11 (Tesco)
Clairette De Die France – ABV 7.5% £6.99 (Lidl)
Oenoteca Orso Primitivo 2011 Italy – ABV 13% £10 (Tesco)
Aguila Merlot 2012 Spain – ABV 13.5% £10 (Tesco)
Mar Del Sur Shiraz 2012 Chile – ABV 13% £10 (Tesco)
Chateau de L’Estang 2009 France – ABV 14% 10 – £15 (Co-op)
Triana PX Spain – ABV 15% £14 (Majestic)
Chateau Bournet 2010 France – ABV 12.5% c£20