Do you dislike wine with food?

sniffer66

FZR400RRSP

Careful, that's exactly the kind of talk that puts people off wine.

sniffer66

I think Liquid was being jokily pretentious. Re-read the last line

Coffin

I'd drink a glass or two of wine with every home cooked meal if my body and wallet would allow it.

DJT75

I used to go out with a French bird that didn't like wine - already strange eh!
She also wouldn't drink anything with a meal & I mean anything - not even water, so going out to a restaurant was always awkward.
She also wouldn't drink anything if she knew she was eating soon, so going to a pub before a restaurant was a nightmare.
Then just to top it off, she wouldn't eat anything if she knew she'd be drinking (alcohol) Oh, & she only really ever drank straight vodka, didn't like the taste of anything else.

So she was either a complete embarassment just sitting there watching me drinking all night, or on her back absolutely ratted because she hadn't eaten anything.

I binned her in the end during an argument, not about her wierd habits, but about my cat sleeping on the bed. Shame really, she was damn fit & a in the sack.

xit2050

unique

wine can compliment most food, but the wrong combination won't compliment each other.  you could have a great bottle of wine and great food, but if they don't work well together you won't appreciate either

for example, white wine generally works best with chicken or fish, and red wine works best with red meats.  either white or red can work with veggie foods.  if you aren't used to the wine style you may not appreciate it at first, and if the red wine hasn't been given time to breathe or decant, it might not taste too great at the start

i'm sure with a quick google you will find some wine guides that suggest good pairings of wine and food.  you don't need to spend megabucks for a decent bottle, but you will probably need to aim a bit higher than the £5 mark if you want to appreciate what you are drinking

xit2050

Old school.
With the ever-growing choice in wines there are red wines that go great with chicken (and even fish) and whites that go great with red meat (especially if there is pasta accompanying the meat).

unique

sure, but i was trying to keep it simple for a beginner getting into wine.  personally i can drink a nice bottle of sauvignon blanc with almost anything, drinking white wines like SB, chardonnay, or chablis with red meat is usually fine. drinking red wine with fish or white meat doesn't compliment in quite the same way though.  i'm not such a fan of red wine as white, but i like a nice barollo or chatuenuef de pape, or even a good shiraz, but i wouldn't eat fish or chicken with them. i'm not really a fan of pinot noir, which is one of the "acceptable" red wines to drink with chicken.  as for rose, i don't understand it's popularity, i'm not being a wine snob when i say that i think it's popularity is mainly with people who don't really know wine.  i would never choose it as the ideal accompanyment to food, and if i wanted to drink wine on it's own i'd usually choose white, especially in summer. i usually only drink red if drinking with someone who doesn't like white, or if i want to partner with spag bol, steak or pepperoni pizza

i have pretty traditional tastes, although i typically prefer new world whites and old world reds

xit2050

Me too.
I drink white 80% of the time.

As I mentioned earlier, the stuff they sell over here is worthless, has nothing to do with a real Provence rosé.
I never touched the stuff before going to the south of France, but the rosé wines you can find there are absolutely exceptional.
I never buy a rosé over here, I only drink the ones I bring back myself from France and that I buy at the château.
I usually never drink a rosé with food, it is a typical wine to drink on a warm summer evening in the garden.


I'm the exact opposite.
I rather go for old world whites (Saint-Véran, Chablis, Pouilly-Fumé) and new world reds (Malbec, Syrah).