Summary
Possibly fuelled by the cheese and wine parties of a bygone era, it is one of the great myths of food pairing, that cheese and wine are an ideal marriage.
There is little argument regarding the classic matches of Port and Stilton and Roquefort with Sauternes, but a recent Californian study that concluded that red wine does not go with cheese, or at least soft cheese, is not as daft as it seems. Firm tannins can clash with the texture of the cheese. This style of wine, such as Bordeaux, is best suited to hard cheeses.See the full content of this document
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Dining Style: Matching Wine with Cheese
Contrary to convention, dry whites and, better still, sweet whites tend to be more flexible, particularly with softer creamy cheese, where freshness and acidity levels become the over-riding factors. In essence, though, there are two main approaches. The first is ...
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