The Best Wine Collection http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine Visit our Wine store, read articles and discuss with other winelovers and experts. Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 en Wine And Food http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/wine-and-food-34 http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/wine-and-food-34#comments Fri, 28 Sep 2007 14:40:15 +0000 Best Wine Collection http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/wine-and-food-34 One of the most asked questions about wine is: With what food do I serve this wine? And probably, if you read all the advice, it isn’t giving any strict recommendations. The truth is that you will have to find out for yourself what the best combination of wine and food is. It can be a white wine with your steak or a red wine with the fish. As with all things in life, there is nothing more personal than taste. Don’t try to over complicate things by finding the ideal combination but as the advertisement said: Just do it!

Proper Food and Wine Pairings: Wine and food should be paired together to bring out the best qualities of both the wine and food. However if a food and wine are paired incorrectly it will create a very unfavorable quality in either the food or wine. Different unfavorable qualities could include but are not limited to bitterness, overly sweet, overly alcohol flavored or metallic.

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]]> http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/wine-and-food-34/feed Serving Wine http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/serving-wine-32 http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/serving-wine-32#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:28:36 +0000 Best Wine Collection http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/serving-wine-32.php Drinking wine is not just about opening a bottle and pouring a glass. Especially if you serve wine for a party of special dinner it is recommended to follow some bacis rules. Give it a try an you will find that your wine tastes and smells better this way. The most important thing is that you take your time preparing the wine to be served. Your guests will surely appreciate the extra efforts you’ve made.

How To Serve Wine: Perhaps you have selected an occasion to open that special bottle of wine
that you have been saving, or maybe you are hosting a dinner party. Knowing how
to properly open, serve, and enjoy your wine will make the experience that much
more memorable, as well as allow you to experience the wine that much more
fully. Wine service has a few basic elements of importance, including
temperature of the wine, opening the bottle, allowing the wine to breathe,
choosing glasses, and pouring.

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]]> http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/serving-wine/serving-wine-32/feed Selecting Wine http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/wine-tasting/selecting-wine-33 http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/wine-tasting/selecting-wine-33#comments Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:28:41 +0000 Best Wine Collection http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/wine-tasting/selecting-wine-33.php Why can’t it be easier? Just red, white and pink wine? Wouldn’t that be enough? Who has ever heard of Abundance Vineyards Talmage Block 2001 Viognier Lodi California and what wine is it. The wine market is becoming bigger and bigger and every year more vinyards all over the world are starting. Does that mean it is getting more difficult to select a bottle of wine? There are a lot of names available, but they can all be brought back to a few wine types:

Choosing Wine: Have you ever decided to buy a bottle of wine, only to find yourself in the wine section later on, with either a panic beginning to grip you (if you?re prone to panic) or a catatonic state descending upon you (if you?re prone to catatonia)? I have. The word ?wine? is cruelly deceiving, as those four letters must suffice to describe every single beverage made from fermented grapes. The key is to take a deep breath and learn how the world of wine is divided into fairly neat categories.

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]]> http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/wine-tasting/selecting-wine-33/feed Wine Parties and Food http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/world-food-and-wine/wine-parties-and-food-31 http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/world-food-and-wine/wine-parties-and-food-31#comments Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:28:34 +0000 Best Wine Collection http://www.bestwinecollection.com/AboutWine/world-food-and-wine/wine-parties-and-food-31.php So you like to drink wine, and normally don’t really look at the price of the wine. It is a different thing when you decide to give a diner party for a larger group of people. There are several things that you have to keep in mind while doing your preparations for the party. After creating your guestlist, make a checklist for the whole party. After that create separate checklists for everey course of the meal. By doing this you can keep the chance of unpleasant surprises to a minimum.

Choosing Food For Wine Parties: Oh, the choices! Just like everything else about wine, the possibilities are endless. So, what does one do when choosing food for a wine party, or alternately, choosing wine for a food party?

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