On 2020-08-26 12:11 p.m., wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 25, 2020 at 7:26:03 PM UTC-4, Mark Lipton wrote:
>> On 8/25/20 2:49 PM, RichD wrote:
>>> When friends ask for food pairings, I always recommend
>>> Riesling, the universal grape.
>>>
>>> But I'm not sure - are there any specific dishes where
>>> this advice fails?
>> Riesling is a very versatile white grape, but it's not an ideal choice
>> with most red meats. I think that tomato-based dishes also can
>> overwhelm it. With Riesling, it also depends on the sweetness level.
>> "Dessert wine"-type Rieslings (Auslese and up) are really not suited for
>> much food beyond certain cheeses and maybe nuts (ironically, they would
>> be terrible with most desserts).
>>
>> Just my $0.02,
>> Mark Lipton
> i'm with Mark and Ken, not a fan with red meat (well, maybe duck or goose if you consider red meat) or with tomato dishes (especially cooked, but fresh as well). Not a real clash but not my instinct with delicate white fish either. But lots of chicken, pork, rabbit, oily fish recipes it's my go-to (especially if Asian)
>
I don't waste even inexpensive wine on curries. I've found that cider
(hard in the US) is the better accompaniment.
Graham