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Which foods pair best with Merlot?

Which foods pair best with Merlot?

Posted on September 29 2020 at 06:11

Merlot has one of the widest ranges of styles of any red wine from the light, quaffable merlots of the Veneto to the grandest of Bordeaux. Obviously one type of food doesn’t go with them all but merlot is your flexible friend when it comes to wine pairing, smoother, rounder and less tannic than cabernet sauvignon with which, of course, it is often blended.

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9 fine wine matches for duck

9 fine wine matches for duck

Posted on September 10 2021 at 10:24

There’s one wine that’s invariably recommended as a pairing for duck and that is Pinot Noir but of course duck, like any other meat, can be cooked in different ways. How does that affect the match?

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