Thursday, February 3, 2011

Enjoying The Night With Pasta And Wine Combo

By Joyce Williams


The wine and pasta is the perfect combo that is quite irresistible to many. As there are various kinds of wine, sauces and pasta; a person needs to know which is which. Wine is the only alcoholic beverage that can be taken with pasta plus some selected sauces.

Just imagine taking your martini with some sorrentinos or bolognesa sauce. Quite unpalatable! That is why you should be conversant with wines and pastas combos. Read this article to get more about wines and see how you amaze your guests with your knowledge of wines.

Pastas and tomato sauce go very well together. All the native foods will be best taken with native wines. That is why Italian pasta with tomato sauce will definitely be best with Italian wine.

The best Italian wine which will accompany the Italian tomato sauce is the acidic Italian red wine. It has a saucy and tangy taste on the tongue. If you are averse to red wine and wish to use white then go for Pinot Grigio which is just the perfect choice.

The various meat based sauces will definitely need intense red wines. They are available with brand names like Argentine Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Sangiovese and so forth. Since most sauces are meat based, what you must do is to select the best wine to go with them.

For creamy sauces, use Chardonnay white wine. If you like dishes like fettucini alfredo the best choice of wine is Chardonnay. Another choice for creamier sauce is the sweet white wine by the name Riesling.

Those who prefer oil will do well with Sauvignon Blanc that goes very well with oily sauce in the pasta. Other good wines for oily sauces are Semillon as well as sparkling wines.

The oldest pasta dishes in the world have always been accompanied with wine at the dinner table. They simply are reminiscent of hand to glove mentality. This means one is always accompanied with the other.




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