Thats because of your particular tastes. You do what works best for you. I love a good Barbera for sipping. Sometimes with cheese and crackers, sometimes bread, sometimes a full meal and sometimes just to sip.
Do you ever visit wineries? Do you "taste" wines there to evaluate them prior to purchase (or passing by)?
As for the "10 PG tasting party", I agree that an appropriate comestible should be served to show the wines off to best advantage, if the goal is to pick between them. But it's not always what's available. With practice, I think most people with interest can make valuable decisions base on "tasting". But if they have =never= had wine with food, and have =never= experienced the differences, then yes, I agree with you. Such "tastings" could be misleading.
Nonetheless, it is a valuable step, once integrated, in one's oenolgocial education.
Gee, I graduated from "scum" (if only momentarily). I'm honored. :)
Jose
I agree, for the most part.
Actually, most people are at least cooks, save the ones who patronize those places with those two yellow arcs in the window. And most cooks who take an interest in what they are actually cooking (who would shop for fresh ingredients, for example) are certainly capable of learning how to make a preliminary evaluation of wine based on tasting. I will agree that they are not ready to write a dissertation in Wine Spectator, but that's not the goal.
No, again I agree that much of the learning about wine takes place over a meal. However, "imitating professional wine-tasting practices" is useful for those who want to choose wines, once they have been able to have similar wines with and without food.
Jose
A BIG C for me
(A) Do you drink wine solely when eating a meal?
Mostly around meals or food.
(B) Do you enjoy a glass or two, but only as an appetizer before, then with a meal?
yes
(C) Or, do you sometimes drink wine when you have no intention of dining?
Rarely.
Yes. Usually it's a sunday afternoon with friends, or a friday / saturday late afternoon aperitivo where we stil don't know if we will eat something. Usually, when I don't end up eating at some places, I get something to eat along the road just to have something in the stomach, along with the wine: a doner kebab, a small pizza (8"-10" diameter and thin), focaccia, erbazzone (spinach pie)... Another occasion is while reading, in the evening or in a weekend's afternoon: in these situations I usually go for a raisin wine, but also a well rounded red can be there.
Wines that have to be drunk with food are, IMHO, the harsh and tannic ones: those are best with a meal or with something "robust" to nibble at, as aged cheese and cold-cuts.
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YECCHHHHHH!
Nope.
Nope. I live in Central Ohio. The nearest wineries are up by Lake Erie, I think. Not inclined to do it .
I was in a wine shop chatting with the clerk when a woman came in to buy a case of Pinot Grigio for such a "tasting party". I trood there as Stu walked over to the Italian section to select a few for this woman. I was stunned at the next thing that happened. She said: "Italy? I did not know Pinot Grigio came from Italy!" Given the circumstances, I think it's safe to say that people are picking up information of questionable accuracy and completeness. Somewhere she got the idea that she should 'taste' wines, but her education was so incomplete that she did not know where Pinot Grigio comes from?
Keep up the good work.
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YES (it happens)
YES (quite often)
YES (guilty as charged, miludd)
Cheers
Nils Gustaf
A good question my kiwi friend.
Speaking for myself and "she who must be obeyed"; we drink wine both with and without food. Hardly a dinner is served in our house that is not accompanied by wine. I can;t imagine a fate more horrible than to dine without wine. Ugh.
And yes, we drink wine without eating. No hard and fast rules but typically that is more likely to be lighter white wines although it is not unheard of to pop a cork on a nice Pinot Noir while simply enjoying a good book in front of the fire.
The question is not - 'do you drink wine without food', but should be; "do you eat food without drinking wine?". While the answer is usually going to be 'of course' - I think we need a new global law; that all meals should be accompanied by a glass or three of wine. Imagine how many fewer wars there would be!
Right on Ric! Especially in the Middle East where men are behaving badly. Imagine if they took some sage advice from their wives and had a glass or two with dinner. :-)
Dick R.
Hello, Ric! You wrote on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 17:27:49 GMT:
R> The question is not - 'do you drink wine without food', but R> should be; "do you eat food without drinking wine?". While R> the answer is usually going to be 'of course' - I think we R> need a new global law; that all meals should be accompanied R> by a glass or three of wine. Imagine how many fewer wars R> there would be!
You have wine for breakfast? :-) I would partly agree with you but I also like beer with appropriate foods!
James Silverton Potomac, Maryland
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No.
Yes.
I always have the intention of having a meal. ;-).
But yes, I've even had a glss or two well after dinner was over,
St H., by this, do you mean that wine MUST be consumed with food, or that food MUST be consumed with wine? I cast my lot for the latter.
I enjoy a glass, or two, or three as an appetizer before and then WITH my meal.
Yes
Hope that I did not misunderstand the questions.
Hunt
No.
Sometimes.
Definitely. Its an Aussie tradition...:>)
Tonight is my weekly gathering with a few friends where we will sip reds until the wee hours. Good stuff up first... then... well you know the story.
My contri tonight will be a 97 Lindemans St George Shiraz. For later in the night, a 2000 Mcguigans 2000 Verdot Superior.
hooroo.....
Well, that's part of it then. I go every year out to Napa and Sonoma, and that affords me the opportunity to try lots of wines. Usually it is without food (maybe a soda cracker) but even though the wine may not show as well as it would with food, I find that I can pick (and eliminate) wines based on these tastings (which are hardly professional
- I sniff, I taste, I swallow - I rarely spit out). Of course by the time I'm on my fourth winery, I'm having a =very= good time. :)
When I get home and actually have those wines with food, I find that I have chosen well.
I guess this is an example of someone who needs to learn about wine, if only to be able to pick well at the wine store. This is what happens when we are kept from wine until we are of driving age.
Jose
No, but I do drink wine with 99% of my meals (beakfeast excluded).
I don't quite get the question. I do enjoy a glass or two as an aperitif, but I do go on with wine.
Yes.
M.
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