Some things you need to know about wines

I am not a SOMMELIER and there is a lot I still need to  LEARN about Wines. But I have a Basic knowledge  that I can share with you.

When you are cooking for your friends or family you always serve wine DON'T YOU? Have you ever thought about matching wines with your dishes?

It sounds hard and you feel like I have to learn about wines to do that... Its not that difficult, I help you a little bit :) 

• THE MAIN RULE is that the wine and the food has to complete each other.
• Most of the time stronger FLAVORS go with wines that have strong Characteristics and lighter dishes with Lighter wINES.
• Do not mix a strong AROMATIC wine with light dishes, because the fOOD won't be able to prevail.
• Read the labels, but follow your OWN Instincts
• If you have the opportunity, taste the wine. Its even better if you can taste it TOGETHER with the food components you'll serve.
• Make a LIST of the wines you tried. Write down the smell, taste and the dishes you can imagine it with.
• FORGET the "white meat white wine, red meat red wine" rule. Most of the time red wines are stronger and more spicy than white wines but there are light FRUITY red wines that make perfect combination with CHIKEN for example...
• Throw the "white-rosé-red sequence" in the BIN. According to this rule we can't have a white dessert wine... heh? Follow rather the  "from light to STRONG" rule. But if you have a lighter dish in the middle (for example a SORBET) you can match a lighter wine.

More is COMING! I will follow up on this post and show you a couple of wines I KNOW.