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The rules to consuming wine and drink say that red wine is best served with red meats and cheeses. This is true the majority of the time, but during your adventures with wine you will find that there are exceptions to the rule. This article is just here to give you tips and suggestions which will get you started. You will soon get to know what you like the taste of and what you think works well together.

Let’s start with an easy one. Tapas. Tapas is Spanish for lid. This is because over the years Spanish people used a piece of bread to cover the top of their wine to keep the flies out of it. This piece of bread gradually became more than just a piece of bread, and developed into the amazing array of cheeses, sausages and other delicacies that we know tapas to be today. The best thing to drink with tapas is therefore wine. Wherever possible it should be a Spanish wine. (And if possible, a Rioja.) This is always a good tip: if eating a dish that is of a certain country, it is a good idea, where that country is a wine producer, to drink a wine from that country with the dish. Rioja is traditionally a red wine (although there are white versions available), and this does go really well with the sausages and cheeses that are typical of tapas fayre.

So what about other types of food? Well, if you have a thing for French cooking, French wine works well with it. But what type of French wine, I hear you ask. A French Pinot Noir, which is a great tasting red wine, is a must with game. Pigeon, grouse and pheasant are all complemented with this fine, rich tasting wine. Pinot noir is equally at home with fungi too. Something simple like a mushroom omelette with a good chunk of French bread is excellent with this red wine. And for a classic French dish, go for beef bourgignon, which wouldn’t be the same without a red wine such as a Pinot Noir to complement its richness.

For something a little more accessible in French red wine, there is a merlot. This is slightly more rich than a Pinot Noir, but is great with food too. It works well with slightly more peasant-like fayre: roast lamb, pasta with pesto, or just simply roasted vegetables taste great with this.

And if we are to head further south to Italy, you can’t go wrong with a bottle of Chianti. This red wine works wonders with a plate of Spaghetti Bolognese. Often seen as a jug wine, Chianti is a much underrated red wine, which is brilliant with rich Italian sauces.

So as you can see, there are many different red wines from many different countries. They all work well with a variety of different foodstuffs and I hope this article has given you some inspiration.

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The Loire is a region of excellent wines. It not as well known as Bordeaux or Burgundy but also not nearly as expensive. In fact, wine may be one of the last great values in France, given the depressed state of the American dollar.

The Loire is France's last great unrecognized wine region. Some of France's best winemaking occurs in the Loire though few Americans are aware of it. Even many French are unaware of some of the gems now being produced in the Loire Valley. But wine-bar and wine-shop owners and sommeliers, the wine press from London, Paris, Brussels and Tokyo in the know spend their vacations visiting the Loire Valley.

Touraine and Sancerre are excellent crisp whites. Coteau du Layon is like a bargain sauternes, and is perfect with foie gras. Reds range from full-bodied vintage Chinons to light and refreshing Touraine

Vouvray is a great white loaded with flavours and layers. Vouvray wines range from dry and tart to medium sweet, and even as a sparkling version. The sweet versions are generally superior to the dry ones. Vouvrays are produced in the picturesque little town of Vouvray alongside the Loire River, the longest and last wild river of Europe and its here that the world's best Chenin Blanc wines are made.

There are two versions of sparkling Vouvray called Vouvray Mousseux and a finer beaded called Vouvray petillant. Try the Vouvray Petillant, the local take on champagne. Sparkling vouvray is elegantly supple and very sexy. Sparkling Vouvray is nothing like champagne. Because of its richness and depth of flavour it is more like a champagne cocktail.

White wines of the Loire Valley typically improve with being aged from 5 to 15 years depending upon the vintage and theAOC. Its major white grapes are Chenin Blan, Sauvignon Blan and Muscadet. Each of these grapes are cultivated in other parts of the world, but the Loire Valley establishes the benchmark. A new bottle of Loire Valley white wine may be good, but a properly aged bottle is even better.

No other wine region in France welcomes visitors with such warmth or simplicity. Visit local wineries, or simply enjoy Loire Valley wine at meals. Terrific restaurants abound in the region, with prices half of what you' would expect to pay in Paris.

Everyone knows French cooking is one of the best in the world if not the best. With more than 365 cheeses, thousands different wine producers, and of course specialties like snails, frogs? legs, bouillabaisse, pot au feu, boeuf bourguignon ,foie gras ,sea food, fishes and good meat. You can also enjoy a variety of local game from the deep forests of nearby Sologne, and salmon or trout from the region's rivers.

The tourist route around the vineyards of the Loire valley leads wine lovers and beginners alike from vineyards to cellars, offering wine-related discoveries punctuated by visits to imposing chateaux, abbeys, cave dwellings and gardens along the Loire, now classed as part of the world heritage of mankind by Unesco (Sully-sur-Loire to Chalonnes-sur-Loire).

Beyond a doubt France's most food friendly wines are produced in one of the most gorgeous wine regions of the world, the Loire with magnificent chateaux and a gentle climate. France is the paradise for those who like innovative cuisine and quality. Inviting inns offer game, fish and abundant fresh vegetables to be lingered over with light white Vouvray wine, or full-bodied vintage Chinon.

In the Loire Valley over indulgence is no sin

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