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Article: Blue cheeses must be paired with right kind of wine: A vintage Port is not the only good choice
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- Charleston Daily Mail
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- December 14, 2005
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Stilton and Port - they go together like, well, like Roquefort and
Sauterne. They're the Astaire and Rogers of food and wine pairings.
They're both fabulous on their own, but put them together, and they
swing.
It's not often, though, that most people happen to have a vintage
Port handy when the cheese platter comes around. More likely, you'll
have a bit of red wine left in your glass. Chances are the red wine
will be great with that Petit Basque or that Camembert. But take a
sip of red wine after tasting a blue cheese, and yeek! The wine goes
metallic and weird in the mouth.
Salty, rich, tangy and assertive, blue cheeses demand something
different. Something sweet to balance the salt. ...