May 21, 2006

Wine News: How to marry barbecues with wines

" With the summer season well and truly on, thoughts of most of us are turning to our children’s holidays and vacation plans, which given today’s travel hungry Indian tourist usually means a trip abroad and the prospect of some good food and wine too!
Even closer destinations such as Dubai, Bangkok or Colombo now rival traditional European and American destinations in their gastronomic offerings in restaurants where even the wine lists are at least a couple of pages long.

Barbecued food items in foreign cuisines are generally very acceptable to the Indian palate and being a healthier option tend to be the most frequently ordered item by an Indian tourist. So lets’ take a look and see what wine types I have found to be most suitable with different kinds of barbecued foods.

A common way of doing this is to choose your food and then match the wine to the flavours and tastes of the food.

One standard rule is that light foods go with light wines. The strength of the wine should be such that it enhances the taste of the food rather than overpowers it."

Full article here.