Wine and Food Pairing Made Super Easy

Don't fall down the wine and food pairing rabbit hole. Stick with Wine Folly for easy-to-follow rules that you can use for your next meal and every time after.

0:20 Flavor pairing fundamentals
2:13 Congruent wine and food pairings
2:28 Complementary wine and food pairings

[susannahhayes]

I just got a new job opportunity working for an upscale Italian restaurant and I really needed this! I'm trying to learn all I can before orientation!

[funchrist]

I LOVE WIne folly. Even as experienced sommelier, I recommend Wine folly to my student!. Good job!

[LetsTacoBoutWine]

Love how you said that you look at the wine as an ingredient in the dish...great tip!

[SilverStormEcho]

This video was really well thought out

[elkewheeler]

BLT on Wheat and off dry Riesling are a perfect match!

[WinosityfromVineTutor]

I just put together a first draft of a wine and food pairing menu. It was really challenging because I wanted to serve fish as main course. This is definitely worth learning more about.

[libbyd]

Your book is excellent and this chart would complement it nicely… another pairing! 😂

This chart probably includes this but your book really opened my eyes to the excellent role Champagne and Prosecco can play in a food/wine pairing. Now, if I’m a bit stuck on what I should pair with something, I remember the bubbly stuff and most of the time it’s awesome.
Really impressed some friends last summer when they were serving oysters and I showed up with Champagne. Together they were amazing, thanks to what I learned from you.
Grazie!

[h.e]

You're an excellent teacher and incredibly good looking. 😊

[jameslockwood]

Thanks for the graphic. Unbelievably helpful

[dognatious]

You're a graphic and teaching genius. Cute too!

[comesahorseman]

Good stuff!
If I'm stuck, I do dry riesling w/ white meat, pinot noir w/ red. If I'm *really* stuck, I might grab a hard cider (forgive the heresy!).

[_ace_]

Both red and white wines were mentioned for the blt. Which one....red or white?

[pbziegler]

Interesting how pairing uses tastes from opposite sides of the circle. Same is true with color grading in photography- good to develop a food color palate by choosing colors from opposite sides of the color wheel

[albertjhernandeztheuntamed]

Did she just make a pentagram to explain how to pair wine... This is still Very Brilliant Great JOB

[davids]

It works, differently, but actually quites imple:

1) Flavoures in food are stronger than in wine. They "override" similar flavors.

2) So e.g. sweet wine pairs well with sweet food, as you anyway want to have and will taste the sweetness of the food. But that let's sine more the acidity etc. e.g. in the Sauternes in your glass

3) same e.g. for acidity, ...

[Jimmerca]

Does this wine chart get into the different rosé wines as far as pairing with food?

[villaverderocio]

Hi, that food pairing wine chart is amazing! Can I see ir for free?

[MsJavaWolf]

While cab and steak are definitely a good pairing I don't think it's really such a big contrast. Cab has tannins, steak has a dark, slightly bitter crust. Many cabs also aren't super acidic. Steak with sauvignon blanc, that would be a big contrast.

[TheWhiskeyFellowship]

Hi there! Loving that you're sharing your knowledge about pairing with us. I'm curious, would you have any advice for somebody that wants to take food and alcohol pairing to the next step? Do you know of any sites or online courses that spoke to you when you were learning? I would love to hear any of your references 🙂 thanks

[chrismiller]

Before I knew any better I made a very stupid pairing that seemed smart in my head - a big bold food: Goat Vindaloo, paired with a big bold wine: a nice pleasant 10+ year old Petite Sirah! I was already thoroughly familiar with that particular Petite Sirah, as I had an entire case of it from this one particular winery, and I knew that I loved it. However, that night, I certainly did NOT love it! It tasted like crap when paired with Indian food. I did a quick google search and realized my mistake, and then opened a couple bottles of Viognier & Sauv Blanc to go with our Chicken Tikka Masala, and Vindaloo. The Petite Sirah was reserved for the following night.