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In a recent survey on alcohol consumption, it has been disclosed that people prefer to drink wine more than beer. This is because wine can be selected depending upon once taste. Wine taste can be evaluated by sensory examination. There are professional wine tasters called as slimmers. Slimmers are trained and knowledgeable professionals. They are specialist in wine tasting and wine food pairing for all type of wines.

The wine can be evaluated on three simple aspects. They are appearance, aroma, taste, and reaction. By appearance, one can classify the wine types. Red wines are maroon, purple, ruby, garnet, red, brick or even brownish. White wine is clear, pale yellow, straw-like, light green, golden. One can predict the sweetness by the amount of sugar in the wine after fermentation. Dry wines have small amount of sugar content in them.

The wine pairing focuses on three basic things. They are flavor, acidity, sweetness and alcohol content. The flavors are obtained from the grape itself, the climate where the grapes are grown and the process of wine making. There are many wine flavors, red wines have flavors like berry, cherry, plum or peach fruits, and white wines are commonly in apple, citrus or pear flavor. The sweet wines like dessert wines can be combined with desserts but the dessert should not be sweeter than the wine.

For acidic foods, it is recommended to have wines, which are equally acidic. Depending upon the alcohol content wines are classified into lighter and heavier. Lighter wines can be paired with light dishes and heavier can be paired with heavy meals. Experts recommended a rule of thumb that “Simple wines with complex foods and complex wines with simple foods.”