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It's time to sit down to a delicious meal with your loved one, and you really want to impress them with your knowledge of fine wine. Unfortunately, you're a little rusty on the finer points of choosing a wine to go with that meal you have just cooked or ordered. Here are a few tips to remember about wines. When choosing to cook with wine, it is important to note that you should never cook with wine that is inferior, that is, wine you wouldn't drink. If it isn't good enough to be poured into a glass and drunk with dinner, it should not be used in cooking. Stick to better quality wines in your dishes. Most of the time, you will want to cook with either white wines, red wines or fortified wines such as sherries or port wines. Blush or ros wines are fine for drinking, but they do not work well in cooking. Specialty wines such as ice wines or fruit wines can also be used in some applications. Choosing which wine to use in your recipe will largely depend on what you want the outcome of your recipe to be. If you are planning to cook off the alcohol in the dish, you might choose a different sort of wine than you would in a dessert, where the wine's alcohol content may not be altered. Blush wines are the ultimate compromise. The sweetest variety, they are perfect with any meal, or even just to drink on their own. Many people who are unaccustomed to drinking wine will find that drinking a blush, or ros wine is much more pleasurable, because it is less dry and heavy than other wine. Of course, nowadays, many people eschew these rules of wine and drink whatever wine they please with their meal. In these cases, it's important to find out what wine your guests prefer and serve it alongside your meal - even if it isn't the "proper" wine for that meal. Some may choose to serve red wine with a chicken or fish course, even though this is not the standard, due to the fact that so many people enjoy the flavor of a good red wine. In this case, stick to lighter reds and shy away from heavier varieties such as bordeaux. For dessert, wines that are sweeter are often the best choice. You may wish to go with a fortified wine to enhance your cake or other pastry, or a sweeter after dinner wine such as a sparkling wine like champagne can also be an option. Either of these will go well with an after dinner treat. There are many different ways to incorporate wine into your meals - and it doesn't just have to be as a beverage. Wine can be a big part of your meal in many ways - whether you choose red, white or even a sweet wine like sherry or port, it can be an integral part of your dining experience.
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