Firstly, wine pairing isn’t rocket science. It is just matching and pairing the wine with food dishes to enhance the dining experience. Sometimes, you don’t have to follow any sort of rules. Local cuisines can simply be paired up with the best wines.
However, there are quite a few rules to keep in mind to enhance the dining experience. Some of them are:
- Keep food and wine at a similar weight
- Balance the acidity level
- Softer bitter tannins with richer, heavier food
- Make sure that the wine served is as sweet as the food being served
- Pair up spicy wine with spicy foods
Wine Pairing With Indian Food
- Sula Reisling With Green Sauce Indian Food
The majority of these green sauce dishes are made with leafy greens that are slow-cooked with creams, onions, spices create a rich herbaceous sauce. Any wine that has lean green profile will go well this Indian cuisine. Sula Reisling, sparkling wine, and Sauvignon Blanc are recommended.
2. Sula Seco Rose With Red Curries
Red Indian curries are rich, tomato-filled goodness can work wonders when paired with wines. Since these red curries are spicy, you will need to avoid dryness and acidity in the wine. Well, what can be the best sweet wine than Sula Seco Rose? Probably none!
3. Cabernet Sauvignon With Tandoori Chicken
Tandoori Chicken is one of the luscious Indian cusines which anyone would love to indulge. It is incredibly smoky and almost taste beefy by comparison. So, anything red would fit in well. Recommended wine to pair up with this hot Indian cuisine is The Source Cabernet Sauvignon.
4. Chenin Blanc With Dal-Chawal
Dal-Chawal, we can call it the national food of India. Rice dishes really vary greatly in Indian dishes. Dal chawal is one cramy, comforting rice dish that tend to pair up well with White wines. Sula Chenin Blanc is recommended to serve with dal chawal.
5. Zinfandel With Breads and Chutney
Most bread and chutney platter in Indian cuisines will have a wide variety of flavors that range from spicy to acidic. To balance it out, you will need a rose wine or a white wine. Well, most of them prefer Zinfandel Rose for pairing with Breads and so do we.
