There are approximately 75,000 types of wine in the world and they all match up perfectly with some type of food, whether it be appetizer, entree, or dessert.
Experts have even come up with rules for how to match up a wine with its perfect type of food.
There are so many to choose from it's impossible not to find one you'll love.
White Zinfandel is a common wine made with blackberry flavors with a little bit of black pepper.
This wine is paired nicely with spicy dishes, likely a beef carbonara pasta or a spicy meat lovers pizza.
A zinfandel pairs wonderfully with meats like beef, pork, and sausage, but not with any seafood or poultry.
Sauces like basil, mild tomato, and pepper all work with this wine, however butter and cream sauces do not.
Pinot Grigio is a light wine for a carefree, easy drinking day.
It's critusy-lemony flavors make it an ideal match for light Italian foods.
This wine goes well with light seafood, like oysters or light fish, ham, veal, or chicken.
You could pair a pinot grigio with a chicken antipasti or a veal ravioli.
Experts don't recommend mixing this wine with heavy cream sauces or strong meats like duck, gamey birds, or red meats.
Merlot wine has black cherry and plum flavors.
Newer styles of Merlot have a light vanilla oak flavor while older bottles have a cedar flavor.
This wine is usually paired with more mild dishes.
The only type of seafood recommended to mix with Merlot is tuna or salmon.
A great dish to have with a Merlot is beef with wild rice and mushroom sauce.
You can also pair it with duck and squab but not pork.
Citrus and cream sauces are also not good choices when it comes to dishes with Merlot.
The Riesling is a German wine with a number of fruit flavors behind it.
Apple, peach, pear, and apricot flavors are accented by a mineral or almost steel taste.
There are three types of this wine.
The Northern style is fruitier and goes better with ham, oysters, lean shellfish, and veal.
The Southern style has more of a steel taste and is better with chicken, fish, or rich shellfish like lobster.
There is also an off-dry style which is fruitier and goes better with apple pie and spicy Eastern food.
Riesling in general is a wine that is not recommended with rich cream or red meat sauces.
Champagne is a sparkling wine made from two different types of grapes, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
A sweet Champagne usually has an apple, grapefruit, citrus or lemon flavor.
This type of sparkling wine, due to its sugar content and flavor, is usually paired nicely with anything salty.
Seafood such as caviar, lobster, and oysters fit into this category, as well as chicken with a light butter sauce.
It's not advised to mix Champagne with strongly flavored meats and red meat or rich, creamy sauces.
No matter what type of wine you prefer, there's something for everyone.
As long as you follow some of these rules and others set out by the experts, you're bound to have an excellent meal, drink and all.
Experts have even come up with rules for how to match up a wine with its perfect type of food.
There are so many to choose from it's impossible not to find one you'll love.
White Zinfandel is a common wine made with blackberry flavors with a little bit of black pepper.
This wine is paired nicely with spicy dishes, likely a beef carbonara pasta or a spicy meat lovers pizza.
A zinfandel pairs wonderfully with meats like beef, pork, and sausage, but not with any seafood or poultry.
Sauces like basil, mild tomato, and pepper all work with this wine, however butter and cream sauces do not.
Pinot Grigio is a light wine for a carefree, easy drinking day.
It's critusy-lemony flavors make it an ideal match for light Italian foods.
This wine goes well with light seafood, like oysters or light fish, ham, veal, or chicken.
You could pair a pinot grigio with a chicken antipasti or a veal ravioli.
Experts don't recommend mixing this wine with heavy cream sauces or strong meats like duck, gamey birds, or red meats.
Merlot wine has black cherry and plum flavors.
Newer styles of Merlot have a light vanilla oak flavor while older bottles have a cedar flavor.
This wine is usually paired with more mild dishes.
The only type of seafood recommended to mix with Merlot is tuna or salmon.
A great dish to have with a Merlot is beef with wild rice and mushroom sauce.
You can also pair it with duck and squab but not pork.
Citrus and cream sauces are also not good choices when it comes to dishes with Merlot.
The Riesling is a German wine with a number of fruit flavors behind it.
Apple, peach, pear, and apricot flavors are accented by a mineral or almost steel taste.
There are three types of this wine.
The Northern style is fruitier and goes better with ham, oysters, lean shellfish, and veal.
The Southern style has more of a steel taste and is better with chicken, fish, or rich shellfish like lobster.
There is also an off-dry style which is fruitier and goes better with apple pie and spicy Eastern food.
Riesling in general is a wine that is not recommended with rich cream or red meat sauces.
Champagne is a sparkling wine made from two different types of grapes, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
A sweet Champagne usually has an apple, grapefruit, citrus or lemon flavor.
This type of sparkling wine, due to its sugar content and flavor, is usually paired nicely with anything salty.
Seafood such as caviar, lobster, and oysters fit into this category, as well as chicken with a light butter sauce.
It's not advised to mix Champagne with strongly flavored meats and red meat or rich, creamy sauces.
No matter what type of wine you prefer, there's something for everyone.
As long as you follow some of these rules and others set out by the experts, you're bound to have an excellent meal, drink and all.
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