If you’re looking for the perfect
complement for your luxury bottle of rose stick around. This week the Ideal Wine Company reveals five foods to pair with rose wine.
What should you do with your bottle of rose?
As a provider of fine wines from
around the world at a price you can afford, the Ideal Wine Company has a range
of luxury rose wines and champagnes ready and waiting for you to purchase.
But what do you do once you’ve
bought one. Maybe you should save it for a special occasion; perhaps a dinner
party? Wine is the perfect tipple for a sophisticated dinner party yet it’s a complex
drink – you can’t just pair it with any dish or the tastes will strike too
sharp a contrast.
Try these five foods with your bottle of rose
The right dish can set off the
intricate flavours laced through a bottle of rose just right, but what should
you pick? Try pairing your bottle of rose with one of the following five foods…
1) Chicken: When it comes to meat there’s
a rule of thumb. The heavier the wine, the redder the meat. That’s why if
you’re looking to serve meat with rose or white wine you should opt for grilled
chicken.
2) Curry: No, we’re not joking. Spicy
foods actually strike a scintillating contrast with a glass of rose and the
best way to capture this amazing gastric experience is to team your bottle with
a curry. The spice cuts through the fruitiness perfectly.
3) Spanish cheeses: Wine and cheese is a
winning combination, yet it’s so hard to get right. Both are so complex that if
you pick the wrong cheese for your bottle of wine the flavours clash, leaving a
horrible taste in your mouth. Avoid this when pairing cheese with rose wine by
going for a nice Spanish cheese such as Roncal or Idiazabal.
4) Salad:
Salad is a light, refreshing dish. You wouldn’t want to accompany it
with a red. It would prove overpowering. Opt for a lighter wine like a rose
instead and its subtle undertones will set your lovingly prepared Nicoise off
swimmingly.
5) Rice: Have you ever tried pairing a
classic rice dish like Paella with a wine before? It works beautifully as long
as you go for something crisp and flavourful yet light. Rose fits that bill to
a tee.
Try the Dom Perignon 1996
In other words there are lots of
foods that you can pair with rose wines and champagnes. Try some out for
yourself now by pushing the boat out and buying a bottle of Dom
Perignon 1996 from the Ideal Wine Company so you can see which dish goes
best with a stunning rose vintage!
