All About Wine And Its Goodness!

Choosing a good wine can be a nightmare, especially when you’ve got someone to impress. You’re having a dinner party – you’ve planned the menu thoroughly, dusted off your best crockery and wine glasses, and got everything prepared – except for the wine selection. There’s just so much to think about, and everyone else always seems to know so much more than you do about it. You stand there for ages looking at the endless shelves of different bottles, and the more you wonder about it the harder it gets. That’s why we’ve put together a few tips for what to watch out for and how to choose the perfect wine.

Firstly and most importantly, you need to match the wine to the meal you have chosen. Everyone has different opinions of which wine will taste good with different foods, but there are a few basic rules that you can follow if you’re not sure. The easiest way is to simply match the colour of the wine to the meat, you can’t go wrong. So if you’re eating red meat go for a dark red Cabernet or Syrah. For lamb or pork a medium bodied red like a Merlot will be less heavy but still has a rich flavour. Chicken and fish dishes are often overpowered by reds so it’s best to go for a crisp white instead, such as a Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc. If it’s a special occasion or celebration, you might be better off with a sparkling wine, served in fancy Champagne flutes.

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There are a lot of factors that go in to the making of good wine. As a rule, we simplify the whole process by putting them in categories of red wine and white wine. But this classification is not quite fair to the wine itself. The factors that go in to making wine are the type of grapes, where the vineyard is situated, how ripe are the grapes etc.


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