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Wine Appetizer Ideas: Cheese, Crackers, Chocolates And More!
Having a wine tasting party is an excellent way to get family and friends together around your new passion. You’ll need more than just the wine to keep your guests happy. The food you pair your wine with is a synergistic experience designed to create balance and enhance the wine drinking experience.
Proper pairing not only creates balance but cleanses the palate between wines as well. Serving the correct hors d’œuvre can turn a so-so bottle of wine into the pièce de résistance of the evening wine tasting event.
What Beverage To Drink With A Cheese Fondue?
Does it matter what you drink with a cheese fondue, or what cheese is in the fondue itself? Many would say, absolutely not, but the Swiss would totally disagree on the cheese front. Let’s see what beverage would go with any sort of cheese, including Gruyere.
Much has been debated for years in Switzerland over the perfect beverage to accompany a fondue. Some insist white wine is a good option as the alcohol is supposed to break down the Gruyère cheese. Others say just tea – without milk or sugar – is appropriate.
The Top 8 Wine Producing Regions Of The World
Think wine and what’s the first image that comes to mind? That’s right. Miles and miles of rolling, lush vineyards of France and Italy and blue, sunny skies. Few are aware that the Roman Empire was responsible for popularising the concept of growing grapes and setting up vineyards outside Italy. A concept that was immediately picked up by its neighbouring countries like Spain, Portugal, Germany, and France.
In addition to Italy and France, today, there are many other regions in the world that are equally renowned for wine production, in terms of quantity and quality.
The Fascinating History of the Martini Glass
A martini glass can be spotted a mile off. Its long-stemmed and distinctive, inverted conical shape and flat base is hard to miss. Infact, the quintessential martini glass has become an iconic symbol of the popular beverage called ‘cocktail’. The history of the unique martini glass is as fascinating as the history of the martini itself.
The martini does not call for ice and the deep V-shape is precisely meant for such cocktails that need to be served chilled but without the presence of ice in the glass. So, it is the glass that has to be frosted or chilled to perfection. And the long stem ensures that the warmth of the hand does not play spoilsport with the contents of the glass.