What is the best wine for a romantic evening at home?

Question

I am planning a candle light dinner and I am in search of the perfect wine for our evening alone? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

My hubby likes Zinfandel - he is a beer man, and if I were to serve wine, he usually declines, HOWEVER will have strawberry Zinfandel... it is a cheaper wine but because it isn't super tart and is slightly fruity he is OK with it...

guess it depends on what kind of wine you both prefer, White, Red or Blush.... do you have a local wine? Maybe you could try a local blush of some sort. And what foods you are serving.

1. Select light-bodied wines to pair with lighter food, and fuller-bodied wines to go with heartier, more flavorful dishes. Using the salmon example above, the Pinot Noir works beautifully with the fish because you are matching light to light. Otherwise a full-bodied, heavier wine will overpower a light, delicate dish, and similarly, a lighter style wine will not even register on your personal flavor meter if you sip it with a hearty roast. You may as well drink water.

2. Consider how the food is prepared. Is it grilled, roasted, or fried, for instance, and what type of sauce or spice is used? For example, chicken with a lemon butter sauce will call for a different more delicate wine to play off the sauce than chicken cacciatore with all of the tomato and Italian spices, or a grilled chicken breast.

3. For every food action, there is a wine reaction. When you drink wine by itself it tastes one way, but when you take a bite of food, the wine tastes different. This is because wine is like a spice. Elements in the wine interact with the food to provide a different taste sensation like these basic reactions:

Sweet Foods like Italian tomato sauce, Japanese teriyaki, and honey-mustard glazes make your wine seem drier than it really is so try an off-dry (slightly sweet) wine to balance the flavor (Chenin Blanc, White Zinfandel, Riesling).

High Acid Foods like salads with balsamic vinaigrette dressing, soy sauce, or fish served with a squeeze of lemon go well with wines higher in acid (Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Noir). White Zinfandel, although not as high in acid, can provide a nice contrast to high acid foods.

Bitter and Astringent Foods like a mixed green salad of bitter greens, Greek kalamata olives and charbroiled meats accentuate a wine's bitterness so complement it with a full-flavored forward fruity wine (Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot). Big tannic red wines (like many red Zinfandels, and Shiraz or Syrah wines) will go best with your classic grilled steak or lamb chops, as the fat in the meat will tone down the tannin (bitterness) in the wine.

There is a good table here: http://www.butlersguild.com/index.php?subject=102&nm=Wine+&+Food+Pairing

Answer 2

All depends on what your planning on eating...and if you like sweet or dry wines. The traditional paring would be red wine with meat and white wine with all else. Somelliers across the world are finding some beautiful whites work great with meat as well if they're bold flavored enough. Same for reds, some are light and fruity enough to go with a boldly seasoned fish or chicken dish. add what your making to your question and I'll try to reply with a specific choice :-) sounds like your new to wine, best to try a few out my favorite labels are the ausie Kangaroo (my fav the merlot syrah blend) and Clos du bois all of them!!! good desert wine is liebfraumilch, the blue nun. As long as your staying home you can try all three. Good luck.

Answer 3

It really depends on what you are serving. If you are making a meat I would go with a Cabarnet or Merlot - Australian wines are great. If you are doing chicken, pasta or fish try a Pinot Grigio. Sweeter wines like Zinfindels have a lot of sugar and will be better w/desserts as the sweetness will mix negatively with the meal.

Answer 4

match the wine to your dinner.
red wines go with most red meat, checken ad fish sometimes pair better withnwhite wines.

Try a Merlot or Cabernet Sauvignon, and spend $10 each or more for a nice couple of bottles! Visit a nice liquor store near you ad ask for a suggestion! most places that sell good wine are happy to help!

Answer 5

I always get the same wine that Fred Sanford takes over at his girl friend's house M/D 20/20 or Ripple

Answer 6

It depends on your meal of course. If you're just going to be drinking wine though, I find the most "seductive" wines (in flavor) are really dark reds such as a Zinfindel or Syrah (Shiraz in Australia).

Answer 7

People always stress that you should drink reds w/ beef, whites w/ fish, but this is nonsense. You should drink what you like. Period. There are certain characteristics of some wines that will be better defined with food, and vice versa. But, for romance, champagne and strawberries always pair well.

Answer 8

Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio- about $25 a bottle. Mmmmmm!

Answer 9

I would like to have a glass of wine right now

Answer 10

Sam Adams






or any other beer-flavored wine.