A Toast to this Season’s Harvest
Pairing Wine with Vegetables
Thursday November 15, 2007
I’m an unabashed vegetable lover and even on Thanksgiving, meat is just an accompaniment to my veggies. This year, instead of matching your wine to your Turkey, choose a variety that will bring out the best in the vegetables you grew and stored for the harvest festival. Here’s a cheat sheet from The Wine Guide by Williams-Sonoma and more in depth pairings from the San Fransisco Chronicle for pairing wine with everything from avocados to zucchini. Here are a couple of starter tips:
- Wine pairs better with cooked vegetables than with raw vegetables
- Roasted and charred vegetables pick up the tannins in red wine
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Comments
That’s a great idea. I would never have thought to match the wine with the vegetables. I’ve always been told to match the wine to the meat. I’ll have to check out those links and try this out.
I have been reading your column for about a year now and I am so thankful for all the tips and guides you share with us. I’m new to gardening and started with my late mother’s oregano plant and five tomato plants. I was amazed at how enjoyable it was to play in dirt once again as an adult. I was also amazed at how many tomatoes a few tomato plants can produce. Thank you so much. Your columns helped to give me the confidence to grow something else than sure to grow sunflowers. God Bless and keep up the wonderful work!
The only inexpensive wine I like is Casa Lapostolle from Chile, a Cabernet Sauvignon.
There are lots of expensive wines I would like,but this wine holds up.
Try it!
Thanks, Emma. I started by growing vegetables and herbs, too. It spoils you. I can’t imagine a summer without being able to snack on my garden.