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The 3 Rules For Choosing A Good Wine With A Meal

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There are 3 rules for choosing the correct dinner wine, these time honoured rules have been handed down through many generations of wine lovers and if adhered to, your dining experience will be second to none.

Rule 1: Drink what ever wine is you like the best. Now this sounds quite obvious, doesn't it? You would be surprised the amount of times wine drinkers get caught up in thinking that they must drink a certain wine with a meal, this so not the case! We each have our own wine choices and know exactly what we do and do not like to drink when it comes to wine.

Of course, if you do your research you will find various opinions and most of them will say the same thing, which certain wine goes with certain foods, but at the end of the day the choice of what wine to drink is really up to you, no matter what any review or guide says.

Rule 2: White wine with fish and red wine with meat? Not always! Those who know anything about wine or eat out quite a lot will know that white wine should accompany any fish dish and a red wine should go with meat. But being stringent with the rules takes out all the joy of choosing a good wine you truly enjoy.

The key is to trust your own sense of taste and what you think is good. A wine should do 1 of 2 things when dining; complement or contrast. Not all fish dishes are cooked in the same manor, with this being the case then why should you only adhere to the white wines?

A good thing to do is consider the dish you are thinking about ordering or cooking, the way it is cooked, the various spices and seasonings added, then when you have considered the following choose a wine that will complement those elements or contrasts and you should end up with far more intense flavours and tastes.

Rule 3: Always read a wine label. Wines from different parts of the worlds are all different, again this sounds obvious, even the popular wines from merlots to Shiraz's and Cabernet's to zinfandels are all different in the way they are produced. An Australian merlot will differ from an American or French merlot. It would be a good idea to study the various wine making practices from around the world and learn the unique and often subtle differences between wines and their countries of production.

Aside for investigating where the wine was made, it would be a prudent move to browse a couple of vineyards and key wine producing regions as well. The more detailed information on a wine label, the finer the wine will taste. This will of course lead to one of the most deciding factors when choosing a wine, the price. The finer the wine the more expensive the wine is likely to be.

Wine - Wine of all categories from white wine to red wine to fortified.

Wine - White wine from many regions white wines like chardonnay and pinot grigio.

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