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how to order and drink a good wine?
My husband and I have been treated to a very upscale exclusive restaurant. One that we would never be able to afford on our own. We are going tonight, for my birthday. How do I order a good wine? I know that white wines go with seafood, and red wines with meat, but that’s about the extent of my wine knowledge. What if I order steak and lobster? What kind of wine goes with that? Am I supposed to swirl it in the glass, smell it, comment on it’s bouquet (whatever that means)? I am totally lost. Please help! I have a dinner tonight with very important people that I want to impress.
Thank you Swiss, but as stated in my question I already knew that bit of wine knowledge.
there is rule of thumb for this, in case if you are not sure:
when you eat red meat (beef, pork), it always goes perfectly with red wine.
For dark red meat -> e.g. Bordeaux (French), Salvagnin, Blau burgunder (Swiss), Rioja (Spain) are fine
for light red meat -> e.g. Beaujolais, Johannisberg
when you eat white meat (fish & also chicken with white sauce), it always goes perfectly with white wine. Other style for chicken, red wine is also good.
Lobster goes well with white or rosé wine.
for aperitive: light sekt/ champagne or rosé wine
To decide which country, you may ask the waiter which one he would recommend you, once you select your menu & type of wine red/ white/ rosé.
The waiter might ask you to taste it, so just do as he asks you. There’s no necessary to smell the wine if you don’t know about it, whether it’s good or not. Good restaurant won’t serve you bad wine. So don’t worry about smelling it.
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