While wine is a great drink that can make a dish taste even better, or at least provide a spark of elegance to the meal, not all people like all wine. There are people with a preference for reds, or a dislike for anything other than crisp white wines. These people of course do not nessecarily only like the foods commonly paired with the color wine they like though. This brings up a bit of a problem. People who like only white wine can still get a craving for red meat, but that is usually paired with red wine. There are ways to pair them, but it requires a bit of unconventional thinking but is actually quite easy. Just drink what feels right and eat whatever happens to sound good. This is emerging and freeform way of pairing wine with food, just go with favorites. The old adage of reds with red meat and white with fish has clearly become stale with the broad range of wines and food available to people today.
Of course this way of pairing also takes a bit of courage because there is a chance that a wine will be too weak to properly go with the spicy rubbed steak or too overpowering for the creamy chicken casserole. But for the most part knowing the wine is a fool-proof way to make a great pairing, just a will bullas wine art is a fool-proof way to add a touch of fine art.
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