WINE & FOOD

  • SUB-TOPICS OF WINE & FOOD PAIRING
    1. Wine as Food
    2. What is Wine & Food Pairing?
    3. Pairing and the Structure of Wine
    4. Pairing Wine With Food
    5. Cooking With Wine
    6. Cooking Methods
    7. Kosher Wine
    8. Eating Grapes

1) WHAT As FOOD

CULTURE– Unlike In America Where Wine is Seen as Form of Alcohol, Wine In Europe is Seen as a Food. With a Heighten Scene of Culture Wine is Seen as an Important Food, One That is Just as Important as Vegetable or Protein.

FUNCTIONAL FOOD- Foods That Have Nutritional Value, and Beneficial Effects On One or More Body Functions. Functional Foods Improve Health and Reduce Risk of Developing Certain Diseases. According to the French Paradox Wine Would Fit Into This Category.

  • WINE & PHILOSOPHY?  “Is Wine Considered a Food?”
    • “Ever Since Wine Was Discovered it Has Been a Part of Meals But is it a Food. Wine Does Contain Calories, Small Amounts of Protein and Trace Amounts of Minerals.”

CALORIES & WINE

  • A 5 Ounces Serving of Wine (10% ABV. to 16% ABV.) is Equal to (100- 200 Calories) Depending On Alcohol Levels.
  • *Generally– Calories Derived From Alcohol, Carbohydrates and Sugars.
  • Red Wines Containing Higher Alcohol and Sweet Wines are Higher In Calories.
  • RED WINE
    • Port- 200-225
    • Zinfandel- 131
    • Sangiovese- 128
    • Cabernet Sauvignon- 125
    • Pinot Grigio- 123
    • Syrah- 123
    • Grenache- 122
  • WHITE WINE
    • Sauvignon Blanc- 122
    • Chardonnay- 118

“Consider Wine is Liquid Food.”

CARBOHYDRATES & WINE

  • 5 Ounce Serving of Wine Contains About 4 Grams of Carbohydrates.
  • Pharmacist Would Steep/ Brew, Flavor, Drinks to Cure Common Elements Such as Fever, Anxiety, Colds, Stomach Ailments.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EATING GRAPES AND WINE GRAPES

  • Grape Species
  • Skin Thickness
  • Sweetness Level
  • Grape Size
  • Grape Yields

2) WHAT IS WINE & FOOD PAIRING?

WINE & FOOD PAIRING OUTCOMES

  • Wine Will Overpower the Food.
  • Food Will Overpower the Wine.
  • Food and Wine Enhancement.

“Goal of Wine & Food Pairing is 1+1=3.”

  • Do You Want to Match Your Wine With Food or Your Food With Wine?
  • Would Your Dish Benefit From Addition of Specific Wines Marker?
  • When Looking For a Wine/ Food Pairing Consider These Attributes of the Wine:
    • Structure, Sweetness, Body, Tannins, Alcohol, Acidity

Wine Tasting Sequence- Sight, Aroma, Palate, Finish
Food Tasting Sequence- Sight, Aroma, Touch, Try, Chew, Finish

“Both the Wine and the Food Should Be Good, Balanced and Able to Be Enjoyed On Their Own.”

BASIC RULES FOR SYNERGY, BALANCE & HARMONY

  • Rule #1, In Wine/ Food Pairing is Your Own Personal Wine Preference Overrides All Other Rules. With All of Food Pairing Guidelines, Rules, Condition and Exceptions, It’s Always Acceptable to Mach Your Favorite Wine With Anything You Like. Look For Complementary Flavors and Complexities.
  • Red Wines  With  Red Meat   (Cabernet Sauvignon With Steak)
  • White Wines  With  White Meats  (Pinot Gris With Chicken)
  • Red Wines  With  Red Sauces  (Sangiovese With Pomodoro)
  • White Wines  With White Sauces  (Chardonnay With Alfredo)

“As a Wine Sommelier You Should Always Be Thinking About What Wine Pairs Well With What Food or Dishes.”

3) PAIRING And The STRUCTURE Of A WINE

WINES

WEIGHTY/ +BODY WINES

  • Weighty/ +Body Wines  Needs  Weighty Food
  • Intensity Wines  Needs  Intensity Food
    • (Sweetness, Tans, Body, +Above)

SWEET WINES

  • Sweet Wines  Needs  Sweet Food
  • Sweet Wines  Loves  Salty Food
  • Sweet Wines  Loves  Spicy Food
  • Pair Dessert Wines with Richer, Intensely Sweet and Robust Flavors
    • (Pecan Pie, Almond Tort, Nut, Carmel)

+ALCOHOL WINES

  • +ABV. Wines   Balances  Weight/ +Body Food
  • +ABV. Wines  Hates  Spices Food

+ACIDITY WINES

  • Acid  Balances  Rich/ Fatty  (Dishes Must Exceed Acid of Food)
  • Acid  Cuts  Fat
  • Acid  Needs Acid   (Compatible)
  • Acid  Love  Fish  (Oily Fish)
  • Acid  Cuts  Salt

+TANNINS WINES

  • Tannins  Love  Fat
  • Tannins  Hates  Cheese/ Fish/ Acid
  • Fruit  Hide  Tannins/  Tannins  Hide  Fruit
  • Sweetness Takes the Edge of Tannins, Tannins Take Edge of Sweetness.

FOODS

SPICY FOOD

  • Spicy Food  Hates  +ABV. Wine
  • Spicy Food  Loves  Sweet Wine
  • Spicy Food  Hates  Dry Wine

DELICATE/ LIGHT FOOD

  • Delicate/ Light Food  Hates  Rich/ +Body Wines

FATTY FOOD

  • Fatty Food  Like  +Acid Wines
  • Fatty Food  Like  +Tannin Wine

SWEET FOOD

  • Sweet Food  Needs  +Sweet Wines

SALTY FOOD

  • Salty Food  Likes  +Sweet Wines
  • Salty Food  Likes  +Acid Wines

“Having a Wine With Enough Power to Clean Your Palate From the Previous Bite and Allow You to Enjoy the Next Bite.”

CONSIDERATIONS

MATCH WEIGHT

MATCH TEXTURE

MATCH FLAVORS

COMPLEMENT FLAVORS

OTHERS

INGREDIENTS

 

DEGREE Of COOKING/ IMPACT LEVEL ON The FOOD

  • Steam
  • Boil
  • Broil
  • Blackening

SAUCES & CONDIMENTS

 

SIDES

“Eat What You Want to Eat, Drink What You Want to Drink.”

4) PAIRING WINE & FOOD

WINE & CLASSIC PAIRINGS

  • Beef Bourguignon With Red Burgundy
  • Blue Cheese With Port
  • Chicken Salad With Gruner Veltliner
  • Fish & Chips With
  • Hamburgers With Malbec
  • Moo She Pork With Riesling
  • Mussels With Muscadet
  • Oysters With Chablis
  • Pulled Pork With Petite Syrah
  • Red Tomato Sauce With Sangiovese
  • Salmon With Pinot Noir
  • Steak With Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Truffles With Nebbiolo

 

 

 

 

 

  CLASSIC WINE PAIRINGS

  • Beef Bourguignon With Red Burgundy
  • Blue Cheese With Port
  • Chicken Salad With Gruner Veltliner
  • Fish & Chips With
  • Hamburgers With Malbec
  • Moo She Pork With Riesling
  • Mussels With Muscadet
  • Oysters With Chablis
  • Pulled Pork With Petite Syrah
  • Red Tomato Sauce With Sangiovese
  • Salmon With Pinot Noir
  • Steak With Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Truffles With Nebbiolo

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WINE & VEGETARIAN PAIRINGS

  • Asparagus With Sauvignon Blanc
  • Mushrooms With ?
  • Egg Plant With ?

WINE & ADVENTUROUS PAIRINGS

  • Vanilla Ice Cream  With  Pedro Ximenez Sherry

PAIRING WINES WITH COMMON CUISINES

  • Asian  With  Chenin Blanc, Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Sparking Wine
  • Chinese  With  Gewürztraminer, Riesling
  • Greek  With  Agiorgitiko, Assyriko, Moscofilero, Xinomavro
  • Indian  With   Chenin Blanc, Gewürztraminer, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc, Sparkling Wine
  • Japanese  With  Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Sparkling Wine
  • Mexican  With  Riesling, Sparkling Wine, Zinfandel
  • Middle East  With  Gamay, Pinot Noir, Rose
  • USA. BBQ.  With  Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah, Riesling(Sweet), Zinfandel
  • Thai  With  Gewürztraminer, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc

FAST FOOD & WINE PAIRINGS

  • French Fries  With  Sparkling Wine
  • Onion Rings  With  Pinot Blanc
  • Fried Chicken  With  Chardonnay(Buttery)
  • Pizza  With  Chianti
  • Hot Dogs  With
  • Hamburger  With  Zinfandel
  • Hard Carnitas Tacos  With  Tempranillo
  • Cheesy Puffs  With  Chenin Blanc

ICE CREAM & WINE PAIRINGS

  • Vanilla  With  Sparkling Wine
  • Strawberry  With  Rose
  • Sorbet  With  Crisp Whites
  • Caramel  With  Light Reds
  • Chocolate  With Full Reds

WINE & CHEESE PAIRINGS

  • **Refer to “CHEESE & WINE/ Pairing Wine With Cheese” For Detailed Information.

FOODS THAT DON’T PAIR WELL WITH WINE

  • Artichokes, Asparagus, Leafy Green,  Vegetables Eggs
  • Chiles, Garlic & Onions, White Wine Vinegar

MEDITATION WINE- A Wine That You Can Drink by Itself Without Food as Opposed to a Wine Style Meant to Be Enjoyed With Food.

PAIRING WINE WITH NON-FOOD

  • Sunshine With Sauvignon Blanc
  • Fireplaces With Port
  • Celebration With Champagne

5) COOKING WITH WINE

GENERAL INFORMATION

  • Wine Used In Cooking Loses Much of Its Alcoholic Strength as it’s Heated. Leaving the Remaining Wine Components to Blend With those In the Dish.
  • When Wine is Reduced, Components Such as Residual Sugar and Acidity Become Prevalent, and Adds Depth and Dimension to Dish.
  • The Earlier the Wine is Introduced into the Cooking Process the More Alcohol Evaporates.
  • Wine is Often Added to Dished to Provided Texture in the Form of Acidity or Tannin.
  • After Alcohol is Burned Off What’s Left is the Grapes Primary Flavors Profiles. Certain Grapes or Wines Primary Flavors Can Enhance a Dish Either as a Similar-Flavor or Contrasting-Flavor Way.
  • When Using Fortified Wines in Cooking Be Aware of the Inherent Elevated Alcohol Levels and That Some of These Fortified Wines Come In Sweet and Dry Versions.
  • Wine Has a Boiling Point of 175° While Water Has a Boiling Point of 212°.

PRIMARY FLAVOR PROFILES

  • STILL WINES  (White)
    • Chardonnay- Apple, Pear, Melon
    • Sauvignon Blanc- Grapefruit, Lemon, Lime, Herbal, Vegetal
  • STILL WINES  (Red)
    • Cabernet Sauvignon- Blackcurrant, Cassis Bell Pepper
    • Pinot Noir- Cherry, Mushroom
    • Merlot- Red Plum
    • Zinfandel– Blackberry
  • FORTIFIED WINES  (White)
    • Port-
    • Sherry-
    • Madeira–
    • Marsala-

The OLIVE OIL And BUTTER LINE

  • WHAT IT IS?- The Olive Oil and Butter Line is an Imaginary Line That Runs West to East Across Europe and Represent the Divide Where Countries and Regions Stop Producing Butter and Start Producing Olive Oil.
  • Geography- The Line Runs Across Southern France, Northern Italy Below the Alps and Cross to Croatia.  All the Countries and Region Below Predominately Produce Olive Oil and the Countries and Region Above Produce Predominately Butter.
  • Culture- This Divide is More Than Butter and Olive Oil, it Leads In to a Country and Regions Culture Starting With Its Cusine.

6) COOKING METHODS

DEGLAZING– Adding a Wine to a Sauce-Pan to Loosen and Dissolve Food Remnant (Fond) that are Stuck to Bottom of the Pan After Sautéed or Roasting Something. The Flavorful Mixture Produced by Deglazing can Then be Used to Make a Sauce. (White Vermouth)

MARINADE– A Liquid That you Soak Foods, Particularly Meats in Before Cooking. A Marinade Adds Flavor to Foods and Makes Them More Tender by Beginning the Breakdown Process of Cooking. The seasoning You Add to a Marinade are Carried Into the Food by Use of an Acidic Ingredient In the Marinade Like Vinegars or Fruit Juices.

COURT-BOUILLON– For Cooking Fish, Shellfish, White Meat.

  • Herbs, Spices, Infused With White Wine and Water in Food is Poached In.

STOCK– Wine and Water to Provide Essential Base For Soup and Sauces.

  • Red Wine for Game, White Wine for Fish, Chicken.

SAUCES– A Liquid or Semi-Liquid Dressing or Condiment Served as an Accompaniment to or an Ingredient In a Dish or Recipe.

  • Bordelaise- Red Wine and Shallots
  • Sauce Robert- White Wine, Mustard, Onion
  • Periqueux- Madera, Veal Stock, Truffles
  • Cuisine Bourgeoise- Acidic Wine
  • Ravigote-
  • Jellies-

DESSERTS–

  • MARSALA-
  • Dry- Used for Savory Dishes, Adds Nutty Flavor and Caramelization.
    • (Beef Tenderloin, Veal, Turkey, Chicken, Mushrooms.)
  • Sweet- Used for Sweet Viscous Sauce

“All Great Wines Drinks Well by Themselves Without Food.”

COOKING WITH PORT

  • White Ports Are Used For Sauces.
  • Ruby Ports Are Used For Marinating Meats For Up to 3 Days. (Goats, Wild Boar)
  • Sediments From Ports Are Used as Rubs Prior to Grilling.

7) KOSHER WINE

KOSHER WINE- Wine That’s Produced Under the Supervision of a Rabbi and According to Judaism Religious Laws and Said to Be Ritually Pure or Clean.

  • VITICULTURE-
    • Tradition of “Shittah”, “The Sabbatical Year”, Dictates That Vineyards Must Be Allowed to Rest Every Seven Years.
  • VINICULTURE-
    • No Animal Products. (Gelatins, Egg Whites, or Dairy Based Agents.)
    • No Finning or Clarifying of the Wine.
    • Made and Supervised by Sabbath Observing Jew…Created, Bottled, Opened Handled and Poured Only by Jews.
    • If a Non-Jew or a Non-Sabbath Observant Jew Touches the Wine Even Accidentally It Can’t Be Considered Kosher and Therefor Can’t Be Consumed by Someone Who Follows Kosher Dietary Law.
    • Mevushal Wine- Wine Made Properly But Handled by Non-Jews. Wine Would be Boiled Making It “Morally Sterilized”. Mevushal Wines Can Be Shared by Non-Jews and Non-Observers of Jewish Faith.
  • OLD WORLD-
    • Estate/ Producers-(Israel)– Barkan, Binyamina, Golan, Segal, Shiloh, Teperberg, Tulip, Yarden
      • (The World)– Laurent-Perrier(Champagne, France), Pascal Bouchard(Chablis, France), Cellar Capcanes(Montsant, Spain), Bartenura, Terra de Seta(Italy), Lascombes, Malartic-Lagraviere(Bordeaux, France), Roubine(Provence, France)
  • NEW WORLD- Weinstock, Baron Herzog, Hagafen(USA.), Goose Bay(New Zealand)
  • CULTURE-
    • PIONEERS~ ~Philip Herzog~ Slovakian Winemaker Who’s Wines Were Coveted By the Rules of The Austro-Hungarian Empire.
    • FESTIVALS~ ~Kosher Food and Wine Experience~ (February, Los Angeles)

8) EATING/ TABLE GRAPES

Table Grapes or Eating Grapes and Those Destined to Be Eaten. Sometimes They Are Considered For Juice Production or To Be Dried to Be Raisened.

VITICULTURE- The Mojority of Eating Grape In California Are Grown In the San Joaquin Valley or Coachella Valley.

IMPORTANT EATING GRAPE

  • WHITE= Autumn Crisp AKA=Sugrrathirtyfive, Autumn King, Early, Great Green AKA=Green Envy, Milano, Prime, Pristine, Sheegene, Starbright, Sugraone AKA=Superior Seedless, Summer Crunch, Sundance, Thompson AKA=Sultana, Victoria, Waltham Cross
  • RED= Allison, Autumn Royal, Bohneur, Candy Snap, Crimson, Flame, Flavor Pops, Gum Drops, Holiday AKA=90-3618, Krissy, La Rochelle, Magenta, Melody, Midnight Black, Midnight Beauty, Moon Drops, Red Flame, Red Globe, Sable, Scarlet Royal, Starlight, Scarlotta, Sugrannineteen, Summer Royal, Sunred, Sonera, Sweet Celebration, Tear Drops, Timco, Van Buren

**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ Sources” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced.