Comments on: Great food wines http://www.drvino.com/2005/08/17/great-food-wines/ wine talk that goes down easy Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Jack http://www.drvino.com/2005/08/17/great-food-wines/#comment-1 Jack Wed, 17 Aug 2005 13:06:00 +0000 http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2005/08/great-food-wines/#comment-1 Not a slam, but not always a compliment, either. Some wines that I taste just call or scream out for food. And yes, these are never the over-extracted, high alcohol, hedonistic fruit bombs.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and I've had two great Bourgueils, a 1982 and a 1989 from Pierre-Jacques Druet (about 7 and 8 years ago).<BR/><BR/>As for calling something a great wine because it matches perfectly with food, well, that's just not right with me. A very satisfying wine, yes. (And sometimes the cheap, simple wine outshines the bigger boys with a meal.) Not a slam, but not always a compliment, either. Some wines that I taste just call or scream out for food. And yes, these are never the over-extracted, high alcohol, hedonistic fruit bombs.

Oh, and I’ve had two great Bourgueils, a 1982 and a 1989 from Pierre-Jacques Druet (about 7 and 8 years ago).

As for calling something a great wine because it matches perfectly with food, well, that’s just not right with me. A very satisfying wine, yes. (And sometimes the cheap, simple wine outshines the bigger boys with a meal.)

]]> By: Lenn http://www.drvino.com/2005/08/17/great-food-wines/#comment-2 Lenn Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:36:00 +0000 http://70.103.16.189/~drvinoco/wordpress/2005/08/great-food-wines/#comment-2 Asimov definitely uses "food wines" as a pseudo-nice way of saying wines are of lesser quality I think. In a piece he wrote a few months ago about LI reds, he said less than complimentary things and then deemed them good food wines.<BR/><BR/>I don't consider the descriptor "good food wine" good OR bad. I use it as something to explain to my readers how I think a wine can best be enjoyed...or how it shines brightest. Asimov definitely uses “food wines” as a pseudo-nice way of saying wines are of lesser quality I think. In a piece he wrote a few months ago about LI reds, he said less than complimentary things and then deemed them good food wines.

I don’t consider the descriptor “good food wine” good OR bad. I use it as something to explain to my readers how I think a wine can best be enjoyed…or how it shines brightest.

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