Italian Food - L’abbinamento, or ‘the match’ is the Italian word reserved almost exclusively for the happy marriage of food and wine. The two have evolved together over the centuries.
The taste of a dish depends on its ingredients and its cooking process. The organic characteristics of wines depend on the types of grape used, the different soils, climatic conditions, and techniques of cultivation and manufacture. The general rule is that the flavor of the wine should not prevail over food and vice versa-the wine’s body must be in harmony with the structure of the dish.
italian food and wine pairing by Contrast It may seem paradoxical, but the most effective method of pairing is by juxtaposing wine and food that have clashing qualities. For example, a fat and greasy dish like sweet Italian food sausages would be paired with a dry, acidulous wine, like a zesty Barbera, that would cleanse the palate and lighten up the heaviness of the entr
