Wine and Spicy Food
By Chris • Oct 27th, 2011 • Category: Food and Wine
It’s not as difficult to match wines with spicy food as you might think. There are wines that go perfectly ok with spicy food. The key is to avoid wines that are very tannic such as cabernet blends as the spices in the food will make the tannins more pronounced and cause a bitter taste. Also avoid oaky wines for the same reason. The spices will make the oak flavours very pronounced.
So which wines should you drink with hot or spicy food such as Indian or Thai?
With mild Indian curries try a crisp, fruity white such as a
sauvignon blanc.
Moderately hot Indian curries such as rogan josh are good with a soft, fruity red such as merlot.
Yoghurt based hot, spicy curries are best complemented by riesling.
With Thai curries white wine works better than red wine – a riesling or viognier is a good choice.
Peter Lehmann Layers Adelaide White 2009 is a great wine for pairing with spicy food and it’s on offer at a fantastic price at the moment as it’s a discontinued line. Grab a case for $110, down from $264. It’s a bargain especially given the quality. Peter Lehmann is a 5 star Halliday rated winery.
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