/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>>18061519
Fun fact: wine pairing with food is a thing from the '80s. Before that people just had wine with their food. Or beer.

>>16260118
Shiraz, Malbec, and many Spanish wines are spicy with medium or full body.

Malbec can be a bit too bold for some, so start with some Aussie Shiraz and go from there.

>>11923295

Pinot Noir for reds... It's commonly referred to as "red wine with training wheels."

As for white, pinot grigio is pretty approachable as its light and citrusy... If you like lemonade, it's along that flavor profile.

No pictures and no definition edition

>>10422639
I present to you, the /ck/ guide to wine:

-All wine is exactly the same, a study showed so-called experts can't even tell red wine from white wine
-The above study notwithstanding, cheap wine is better than expensive wine
-If you aren't gay, or a female boomer (I hate my mom!), drinking wine will turn you into a gay, female boomer
-You may have heard words like "champagne", "rhone", "rioja", "napa", and so on. You may have some erroneous impressions about what these words mean. They do not in fact refer to places, but bets. As in: I bet that this $11 charmat-carbonated prosecco from Italy probably tastes identical to this $71 bottle-fermented pinot noir from a region in France which is totally just imaginary, and if you have experience to the contrary, you obviously hate science and favor protectionist trade policies
-Australia makes the best wine in the world, Yellow Tail Chardonnay. You may have tasted some Australian wine that was absolutely vile, but take our word for it. Obviously you haven't had the GOOD Australian wine, aka Yellow Tail Chardonnay. We only have it in Australia, foreigners don't have access to it.
-America makes the best wine in the world according to a wikipedia article which they made a movie about starring the chick from Dollhouse. My interest in wine begins and ends with this wikipedia article and this just goes to show you Mommy's Time Out White Zinfandel is better than any of that obsolete europoor stuff
-Wine is very fancy. If you have ever enjoyed wine, even once, you obviously think you are better than us. Who do you think you are? I bet you can't tell the difference.
-There are no other wine producing parts of the US other than Napa Valley. If you don't think overpriced bordeaux blends from Napa Valley are literally the best thing ever, you obviously hate America and have literally never set foot here

Lastly, here is a useful chart which arbitrarily miscategorizes appellations as grapes, grapes as appellations, etc.

Look up wine shops in your area and see if they hold public tastings. Many are free or require a small fee, but it is good to broaden your horizons a little. I personally find that tastings work better with at least one other person. That way you can actually bounce tasting notes back and forth while sipping a glass.

It is also useful to study the menu of where you plan on working. That way you can try to focus on not only what types of wine they are but the products you are directly dealing with. Speaking as someone who is trained on cocktails and spirits, learning about any type of booze from scratch can be pretty daunting until you get to understand the basics.

This video series might be useful for you, though it starts off relatively slow. Good luck!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBQRjEKwzq4

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More of a liquor anon myself, but keeping track of stuff for booze is handy too.

>>8931342
Newfag pls

>>8317268
5/8

bump

>>8235029

>>8223783
maybe this might help you find a flavour you like

If you want some of the fruit of the wine and for not that much extra from basic table wine, I'd try a Rioja (aka Tempranillo).

>>7513840
Here is a better version for u friend.

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>>6499165
ask and you shall receive

Chateauneuf-du-Pape
Bordeaux
stuff from northern rhone.
Croatian reds.
Super Tuscan.
Amarone's

>>6077416
Handy little image I got for wine

>>6014961
>Unfortunately, it wasn't stored properly the entire time, and the wine had oxidized.
God damn that is really saddening, how was it stored? Hope the Insignia fairs better, any other wines that he gifted?

>>6015029
That is a bargin, don't think i've ever heard 'animal' used as a descriptor before though- do you mean meaty or gamey?

>>6015203
I have this like

OP here. I found a good site for basics if anyone else was wondering

http://winefolly.com/review/different-types-of-wine/

If you built a house with a large budget,why kind of cooking setup would you want?

Does the idea of having two kitchens sound appealing to you?

can someone recommend me some good wine books? The kind a sommelier in training would want to read