[CH] Pairing wine & food....

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(I would also include another basic "taste": pain/heat/pungent.)


"We, as humans, only have 5 basic tastes:
sweet, umami (protein), sour, salt and bitter.

All you need to know are three general rules about
how these tastes react with food and wine.

"Pairing Rule Number One:
Sweet and umami flavors make wine taste stronger and harsher.

"Pairing Rule Number Two:
Sour and salt flavors make wine taste milder and fruitier.

"Pairing Rule Number Three:
If, in any food, you balance sweet/umami and sour/salt, the dish will have
little effect on wine flavors and you can drink anything you want."

[Always have and will.]

(They left out bitter.)

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