Want to know how to come up with exquisite cheese and sparkling wine pairings such as triple-cream cheese and Extra Brut Champagne? By the way, try it and you’ll never want to serve them separately again. The logic behind it is that triple creams are decadent and buttery making perfect matches for the refreshing and cleansing Champagne. Pairing is more of a subjective process. It’s about what you like. The [ Read More ]
It’s common knowledge that red wines are burly brawlers and white wines are delicate, a bit like men and women. But in the realm of cheese and wine this means that white wines cannot hold up to strong cheese. However red wines have meaty flavors and these work a lot better with stinky rich cheeses. As always pair similar personalities. A sharp cheese will be buffered by a full body [ Read More ]
Let’s begin by saying that unlike some dish combinations, pairing white wine and cheese is not very hard. Generally everything revolves around pairing local cheeses with local white wines. For example Italian white wines pair well with many types of Mozzarella. Another way to look at it is to pair similarly flavored wines and cheeses. On the one hand mild cheese is best accompanied by light white wine, while on [ Read More ]
We’re all here because we love how well food and wine compliment each other. The chemistry between them is wonderful. Of all the types of food we all live to enjoy, it’s safe to say there are not many dishes that go better with wine than plain good cheese. Actually the possibilities of pairing different cheeses (hundreds of types of great cheeses) and different wines (thousands of types of wines) [ Read More ]