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Default Thanksgiving Wine Pairings

Dave Smith wrote:

>> Wine is a nasty taste to me to wash down some good food. Cleanse your
>> pallette, my ass. People that drink wine with dinner are weird to
>> me....or they aren't having a very good dinner. Why would you "wine
>> away" that good food taste in your mouth?


Wine doesn't "clean your palate": it interacts with it. It doesn't "wine
away" tastes, it enhances them if well paired. A sip of a bordeaux-style red
wine after a bite at a fromage de chevre is an experience which no food will
ever give you, without wine

>> I drink water or milk with my meals.


> Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like wine, and I
> especially like it with a meal. Milk, OTOH is disgusting. I didn't
> like drinking milk when I was a kid and I have not had a drink of
> milk in decades. I cannot imagine ruining a meal with a drink of milk.
> Quite seriously, if I were to look in the fridge for a cold
> drink and there was nothing but milk, there would be nothing to drink.


LOL, me too
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