Cheese and Kosher Wine: Really Good Together?
Ask any wine person, or even someone who’s only experience with wine is in the boxed form, and they’ll probably tell you: wine and kosher wine, goes great with cheese. There is an extremely common notion that wine and cheese go together like peanut butter and jelly. The unique flavors and aromas of each, compliment one another, right?
Well according to a study by University of California professor of viticulture and oenology, Hildegarde Heymann, cheese mutes the flavors and aromas in the wine, instead of enhancing it, like we all thought.
The study had eleven trained tasters evaluate a variety of red wine with cheeses ranging from mild to pungent. The tasters concluded unanimously that cheese mutes the oak, barries and tannins in the wines.
Blue cheese for instance, brings out the bitterness in reds. This notion of cheese and wine being good together isn’t something totally off the wall. In terms of complexity, fine cheese and wine are very similar. Both are about balancing nature with chemical changes and aging.
But should that stop you from enjoying a glass of red kosher wine and some tasty brie or jarlsberg? No way! If you like it, keep eating it. Who cares what the study says?
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