Aug 21 2009
Selecting Cheese for Wine
It’s not a secret that well-selected combination of cheese and wine will bring you a lot of pleasure. Cheese and wine are very similar by the way we taste them and by their influence on us so we fearlessly can mix them. Pairing of cheese and wine surprises with superiority of taste and reveals the best parts of these products.
Though tastes differ some basic rules of combining cheese and wine exist, owing to the long history of enjoying them.
The first and the most important rule is to serve wine and cheese that were done in one country.
The second and the third rule touch the color of wine. For white sort is better to choose delicate sorts of cheese with strong taste, red wine is recommended to combine with firm and gently flavor cheese.
The fourth rule says that all kinds of fruity and sugary wines excepting for dry types can be mixed with much more variety of cheeses.
Remember that there is a relation between cheese aroma and content of sugar in wine- the more aromatic cheese you choose the more sweet wine should be.
Another rule relates with the firmness and softness of wine and cheese it should be equal, so solid cheeses combines with strong wines and the same thing with mild types of these products.
Also pay attention to the fact that white wine drinks lightly than red type. Mild, fatty cheeses leave some creamy taste that in combination with red wine creates velvet and gentle unforgettable flavor.
In the other way fruity and sweet wines can be mixed with almost all types of cheese. Sparkling wine can bring lightness of taste even to creamy sorts of cheese.
If you are always looking for something original and unique try to taste moldy sort of cheese pairing german riesling wine, this fantastic combination will show you new horizons of cheese and wine flavor.
If you have different sorts of wine but can afford only one kind of cheese with no doubt choose Parmigiano or Romano types cause they will create amazing combination with all kinds of wine.
If you are going to organize a party and want to serve cheese or wine on it, next advices will help you:
- buy whole or big pieces of cheese, it will look better on the table;
- cheese should be served with the same temperature that the room, where you serve it, has;
- wine is better to taste when it is chilly, the temperature is ranging between 50 and 65 degrees according to the wine type;
- red wine should be opened before the party nearly for 15 minutes.
Also you can leave names for all cheese types that are represented in the party to tell your guests about possible pairings.
These were general recommendations of wine and cheese combinations. But simply no rules will tell you what you should do. The best cheese and wine pairing – yours own pairing! Create mixes for your unforgettable taste, enjoy cheese and wine and maybe someday people will read your rules of pairing!
