Lesson 8. Wine consumption
What is the main difference between wine and spirits?
The fact is that strong drinks are eaten and washed down with wine, or rather, «drunk» I'm going. And it should, at a minimum, not spoil the taste of food, but at maximum, decorate it. This is a kind of seasoning. In addition, wine promotes digestion, and live wine is also beneficial.
Sommeliers recommend serving white wine with fish, and red wine with meat. I agree, well, if you only eat red, then what about eating fish without wine?
Personally, it seems to me that the main thing is that the wine is good and tastes good. And good wine, regardless of color, can decorate any dish - even cutlets with pasta. Of course, with the exception of liquid “first” courses.
Take a piece of bread, chew it a little and sip a little wine, hold it in your mouth a little, roll it with your tongue, chew and swallow. Well, approximately the way Kartsev does it in miniature about a gourmet. Did you feel it? Lots of completely new tastes. I think you understand what I meant when I talked about drinking wine. The wine garnished the simple bread. This is exactly how wine will decorate any dish.
The main thing is that the wine is tasty and you like it. And it’s even better that the wine is yours - from fruits and berries grown by you and prepared by your own hands. And you won’t need a lot of wine at the table - 50-100, or maximum 150-200 grams per person. And the mood will be good and digestion will be excellent and no one will be drunk.
It’s interesting that after I learned to drink wine with food, I stopped drinking it just because I didn’t feel like it. I can try, but I won’t drink.
Of course, we must not forget that wine is an alcoholic drink and can only be drunk in moderation and not for everyone. But if you follow my recommendations, you won’t be in danger of falling asleep.
By the way, for women I can recommend drinking wine diluted with water - 50x50 or 1/3 wine and 2/3 water. This is how they drink wine in France and beyond. This is how the ancient Greeks drank. This is how my wife drinks. This wine is less intoxicating and has its own charm.
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