New Drinks Matcher Widget Offers Thousands
of Pairings Online.
Which wine tastes best with pork chops in a
maple glaze? Does rosemary-marinated grilled
halibut invite red or white wine? Are there
also great food pairings for beer, spirits,
cocktails, coffee and tea?
To answer these questions and thousands
more, Natalie MacLean has created the Drinks Matcher widget
at right.
Give it a try
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“The variety of
food-and-drink combinations has exploded in
the last five years,” says Natalie MacLean,
publisher of Canada’s largest wine
e-newsletter.
During the
eight years that Natalie spent testing the
combinations for her Drinks Matcher, she
found two extremes when it comes to food and
wine pairing: “Some people say that it’s
complete nonsense, while others insist that
there’s only one perfect match for every
wine. Neither approach helps wine lovers.”
TV
dinner steak with French or Washington
Cabernet Sauvignon
“People want some
guidance, even though the pairings are subjective.
It all comes down to balancing flavours and
textures. I’m a thoroughly hedonistic researcher. Of
the thousands of combinations I tried, some were
delicious, others were a disaster. I share the ones
that worked in the Drinks Matcher.”
You can search the matcher for drinks to pair with
meat, pasta, seafood, vegetarian dishes, pizza,
take-out, sauces, herbs, cheese or dessert; or you
can find dishes to go with wine, cocktails,
liqueurs, beer, spirits, cider, coffee, tea—and yes,
even water. The Drinks Matcher is meant to be a
springboard to help you discover the matches you
prefer. The perfect pairing, of course, is between
you and the wine you like.
About
Natalie:
Natalie MacLean is an independent journalist and
author of the bestseller Red, White and Drunk All
Over. For Google searches on popular terms like
“food and wine pairing,” “food and wine matching”
and “wine newsletter,” Natalie’s site is often on
the first page of the results as it has become a
go-to resource for food and wine lovers. Natalie has
won four James Beard Journalism Awards, including
the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. At the
World Food Media Awards in Australia, she was named
the World’s Best Drinks Writer.
