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Beginner's Guide to
California Wine | Choosing Wine for Dinner
All the wine facts a beginner needs to know on just one
page.
Which Wines to Buy for Dinner?
Make it easy to decide. Stick to these top seven wine varietals of California
Wine.
- Chardonnay (white) for dishes with cream sauces, cheese, shellfish
- Sauvignon Blanc (white) for light foods, fish, chicken; good
cocktail wine.
- Pinot Noir - Red wine, goes with moderate to heavy foods
- Zinfandel - Red wine, pizza, pastas, red meats
- Merlot - Red wine, beef, pork, lamb
- Cabernet - Red wine, the utlimate steak wine
- Syrah - Red wine, BBQ red meats
- Easy rule: Sauvignon Blanc goes with most light meals. Pinot
Noir goes well with lots of red meat dishes, chicken, and salmon.
These are versatile food wines.
- If you open a bottle and it smells like wet cardboard, it's
bad. Bring it back to the wine shop.
- Spend about $10 to $15 for a Sauvignon Blanc.
- Spend no more than $15 to $25 for the red wines and Chardonnay
Serving the Wine
- Make sure you have a good corkscrew. Use a knife or foil cutter to
cut the very top of the foil on the neck of the bottle just below
the top rim.
- Use clear medium-sized wine glassesl.
- Pour the wine
about one-third high in the glass.
- When serving white wine, it is a good idea to have a wine cooler.
- White wine is served chilled.
- Red wine is served at room temperature but better around the low
60's.
- Make sure you have enough wine for your guests.
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