Wine Food Pairing

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WineFood PairingExploring
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Wine and Food Pairing

• Characteristics of the Food and the Wine
• must be considered
• Do they mingle or complement each other?
• Goal Keep the flavors in balance
• Elements of - Fat, Acid, Salt,
• Sweetness, Bitterness, Texture
• In the end -Trust your palate

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Wine and Food Pairing

• FAT
• Meat and Dairy Products high in fat
• The tannins come from the grape skins
• barrels they help to strip the
• fats/cleanse palate
• Cabernet Zinfandel - pair with
• red meats
• Dry Rose- pair with Rich Cheese
• Dishes

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Acid
• Both foods and wines have acid
• Adds lift and freshness to flavor
• If a meal is acidic then wine must
• be at least equal in acidity
• Sauvignon Blanc great with
• tart acidic dressings sauces
• Avoid Acidic wines cream sauces

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Salt
• The high salt content in some foods
• may make some wines taste stripped
• or bitter
• Sparking Wines pair well with
• salty foods as the carbonation
• helps to cleanse the palate
• Oysters and salty fried foods

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Sweetness
• Fruit sauces over a meat
• Touch of sweetness- matches well
• with Chardonnay
• Sweet Desserts make sure the
• wine is sweeter than the
• dessert - Moscato
• Chocolate Wine

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Bitterness
• Bitter foods mustards, olives, lemon
• peel, radishes, broccoli rabe
• Bitter Wines higher tannin
• or can occur from unripe grapes
• or not removing stems
• The two combine

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Texture - How does it feel on your palate?
• Contributing factors are Alcohol, Sugar Tannins
• Alcohol content Higher Heavier
• Light foods Light Wines
• Heavy Foods Heavy Wines
• Words to describe
• creamy, smooth, rich, lean, velvety,
• supple, silky, voluptuous and
• succulent

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Wine and Food Pairing

• Pinot Noir Earthy flavors (mushrooms)
• Malbec Spicy BBQ sauces
• Syrah Spicy food
• Dry Riesling Sweet Spicy (hot Asian)
• Pinot Grigio Light Seafood
• Wine Food Pairing Chart
• Try different pairings see
• what your palate likes

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• Atlantic County Wine Trail ( 9 )
• Cape May Wine Trail (4)
• Gloucester - Salem Wine Trail (5)
• Shore Wine Trail (4)
• Sussex Wine Trail (3)
• Warren - Hunterdon Wine Trail (7)
• http//www.visitnj.org/new-jersey-wine

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Exploring NJ WineriesLate summer Fall events

• August 31 and Sept 1, 2013
• Times Noon to 500pm

September 7 and 8, 2013 Times Noon to 500pm
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• Dates October 5 and 6, 2013
• Times Noon to 500pm .
• Event will also feature live music, crafts and
  food vendors.
• Location Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
  Morristown NJ

Dates October 12 and October 13, 2013 Times
Noon to 500pm Location Cape May - Lewes Ferry
Terminal Cape May, NJ
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Journaling your Tasting

• Apps available to keep notes find wines
• iPhone Apps for Wine Enthusiasts
• Wine App - Mobile Apps for Wine Recommendations
• Use flavor terms to describe the wine acidic,
  sweet, oaky, crisp, dry, fruity etc
• Wine ratings
• Wine Spectator vs Your rating
• Everyones palates are different

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Wine Spectator 100-Point Scale

• 95100 Classic a great wine
• 9094 Outstanding a wine of superior character
  and style
• 8589 Very good a wine with special qualities
• 80-84 Good a solid, well-made wine
• 7579 Mediocre a drinkable wine that may have
  minor flaws
• 5074 Not recommended

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Classes Making your own Wine

• WINE MAKING IN NJ - Make your own wine NJ - NJ
  winemaking brew on premise schools

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