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Foods to Use in Tasting Red Wines
Snacks
To go with Acidic Wines
Crackers with pimento cheese spread, cream cheese with mango chutney, red berries, strawberries, blueberries
To go with Medium Acid Wines
Kalmata olives, tomato-based bruschetta, ripe olive tapenade, bacon, ham, sausages, cold cuts, chorizo, pâté, cocktail wieners, red seedless grapes;
To go with Low Acid Wines
Cheetos®, nachos and mild yellow cheese dip, onion dip, Cheddar cheese mini sandwiches, roasted almonds, Redskin or Spanish peanuts, cashews, crackers with a chive or truffle butter; Chex Mix; garlic bread croutons; commercial soy snack mix
Appetizers
To go with Acidic Wines
Roast beef and mayonnaise mini-sandwiches, onion soup, Proscuitto or Serrano ham rolled over Gherkin pickles; grilled pork or beef sausage with Dijon mustard
To go with Medium Acid Wines
Teriyaki chicken wings, sausage or pepperoni pizzettas, Velveeta based sausage dip, crispy olives stuffed with sausage,
To go with Low Acid Wines
Honey-baked ham, crostini with blue cheese, meatballs, sausage-stuffed mushrooms, sausage balls, grilled beef-tenderloin skewers, veal stuffed ravioli
Salads/Dressings
To go with Acidic Wines
Red wine vinaigrette on spinach or mixed greens salad, German potato salad with bacon, antipasto salad, pickled beet salad, ham salad
To go with Medium Acid Wines
BLT pasta salad, warm potato-tomato salad with Dijon vinaigrette, green salad with Strawberry Balsamic Vinaigrette, Taco salad with ground beef, layered green pea, bacon and cheese salad, grilled Thai beef salad
To go with Low Acid Wines
Salads with hot bacon dressing, grilled steak salad, blue cheese and bacon iceberg wedge salad, grilled rib eye steak, arugula and roasted red pepper salad
Entrees
To go with Acidic Wines
Lime marinated pork tenderloin, duck breast with an orange-ginger sauce, vinegar-based pulled pork barbecue, marinated beef steak, smoked salmon with acidic sauce
To go with Medium Acid Wines
Beef Bourgogne, grilled pork ribs, pork chops, barbecued pork, rack of lamb, lamb chops, venison
To go with Low Acid Wines
Pork medallions in a savory brown gravy, beef stroganoff, prime rib of beef, grilled beef steaks, beef pot roast, chuck roast, pork roast, filet mignon, Beef Wellington, beef brisket, beef stew
Cheeses
To go with Acidic Wines
Epiosses, Feta (sheep's milk), goat cheese, Gouda, Majorero (Spanish hard goat cheese) Mahon, Bucheron (French goat cheese), dry Jack cheese, cream cheese, Gouda, Neufchatel, Pont-L'Eveque, Raclette, Reblochon, Roquefort, Saint-Nectare,Vacherin
To go with Medium Acid Wines
Blue cheeses, mild and medium sharp Cheddar, Edam, Glouchester, Muenster, Provolone (aged), Parmesan, Pecorino, Roncal, Smoked Gouda
To go with Low Acid Wines
Brie and Camembert without rind, mild Cheddar, Emmental, Gouda, smoked Gouda, Gorganzola, Manchego, Monterey Jack, Pepper Jack, Pecorino, Provolone, Romano
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