http://blog.anuvavinos.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-food-and-wine-combinations/ Expanding the Argentine Wine Frontier Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:40:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 http://blog.anuvavinos.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-food-and-wine-combinations/#comment-178 Daniel Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:03:53 +0000 http://blog.anuvavinos.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-food-and-wine-combinations/#comment-178 Malbec has plenty of tannin too. Cabernet just happens to have more tannin in general and more rough tannin as well. It is a matter of preference what one wants with one's steak. A good friend of mine loves Torrontes with his steak and there is virtually no tannin in whites because whites are made with the juice (must) of the grape only and not the skins which is where tannins are found. Malbec has plenty of tannin too. Cabernet just happens to have more tannin in general and more rough tannin as well. It is a matter of preference what one wants with one’s steak. A good friend of mine loves Torrontes with his steak and there is virtually no tannin in whites because whites are made with the juice (must) of the grape only and not the skins which is where tannins are found.

]]> http://blog.anuvavinos.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-food-and-wine-combinations/#comment-176 Big Daddy Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:10:06 +0000 http://blog.anuvavinos.com/in-search-of-the-perfect-food-and-wine-combinations/#comment-176 Food and wine are inseperable. When I studied in Paris the French though it very odd that we Americans would sit around and drink wine like a cocktail on an empty stomach. To provide a simple example from chemistry: tannins neutralize oils and fats, thus a nice cab is great with your steak (which doesn't explain why Malbec is also good with steak, but Dan can probably explain). Food and wine are inseperable. When I studied in Paris the French though it very odd that we Americans would sit around and drink wine like a cocktail on an empty stomach. To provide a simple example from chemistry: tannins neutralize oils and fats, thus a nice cab is great with your steak (which doesn’t explain why Malbec is also good with steak, but Dan can probably explain).

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