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Article: Cheese and wine pairing is in worst possible taste
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- January 19, 2006
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EATING cheese ruins the flavours of wine and makes fine vintages
indistinguishable from cheap plonk, research has revealed.
While the two are often served together in the belief they make a
sophisticated combination, scientists have discovered even expert
tasters could not distinguish between wines after eating cheese.
Scientists in California asked trained wine tasters to try eight
different cheeses before presenting them with four different
varieties of cheap and expensive wines.
The tasters evaluated the strength of various flavours and aromas
in each wine both alone and when preceded by the cheeses. Cheese was
found to curb just about everything including berry and oak flavours, ...