what wine goes well with mexican food ( tamales ) ?

Answer 1

that's a good question.....try finding one that pairs well with polenta

Answer 2

This may seem cliche, but how about a nice pitcher of sangria? If not, it would depend on what type of tamales you're making. I'd say pork would go well with a drier, white wine like a Chardonnay; with beef I'd try something like a Cabernet or a Pinot Noir. For cheese or veggie tamales I'd go with either a Chardonnay or Pinot Gris/Grigio or again, back to the sangria. lol

Answer 3

Wine with tamales? That's an interesting concept. Try a nice Mexican beer like Modelo Especial or Dos Equis, really, really cold.

Answer 4

Being from Southern California, you might want to ditch the wine for Mexican Beers or Margaritas......wine doesn't really pair well with tamales; beer and Margaritas just seem to fit with Mexican food better..........I'm NOT a beer drinker, but when I sit down to my plate of chicken tacos and rice, I love to have a Corona with a lime in it..........Just a suggestion, as we eat Mexican food 2 or 3 times a week..........Oh, and being Friday, I think that we'll just do that for dinner!!!! Thanks, I just answered your question, and my quandry as to what to make for dinner tonight.....I'm not making anything, we're going out to El Callejon.........Enjoy the holidays!!!

Christopher

Answer 5

Mexican food is a mix of mexican indigenous and spanish gastronomical traditions, it includes even french and arab influences, we use the autochthonous ingredients like corn in all ways, a great chile variety, some authentic herbs, beans, fish, seafood, fruits (chirimoya, capulín, guayaba, zapote, changunga, garambuyo, etc.) and vegetables like chayote, calabaza (zuchinni and its flowers), tomatoe, green tomatoe, etc., some insects in some places, and from Spains influence we use cheese, milk (almost all our typical desserts are almost the same than there, like natillas, flan, arroz de leche, etc.), pork, beef, chicken, wine, rice, vegetables, coriander and parsley, wheat bread (bolillo, telera ant the typical pan dulce). Mexican influences in the world are vanilla, chocolate, tomatoe for exemple. Spáin has a big arab inflence in its food (the use of rice, legumes, olive oil, olives, nuts, citrus, etc.) and of course we have their influence (and here there is a considerable libanese population). And the globalized world has french, italian and "american" (their tastes) influences in their gastronomy, i think. Im mexican.

Answer 6

I dont know about a specific wine... but pair them with some good anejo brandy or some ponche which does have tequila in it

Answer 7

Cabernet for meat, Chardonnay for chicken or cheese

Answer 8

Sangria baby!

Answer 9

tequila wine