Video: How to Pair Wine + Quarantine Snacks

Anyone can pair a juicy steak with a Cabernet, but which wines should we drink with our favourite quarantine snacks?

 

On Global Television’s Morning Show, I share my insider tips:

  • What’s the key in terms of flavour, pairing a snack and a wine?
  • Do you want opposite flavour profiles or similar? (ie: creamy snack, creamy wine or creamy snack, acidic wine)?
  • What’s one important thing that people tend to forget when they pick a wine/snack pairing?

 

Okay, let’s dive into these pairings! Which wine do you suggest pairing with pretzels and why?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Township 7 Vineyards & Winery Okanagan 7 Blanc 2018
Naramata, Okanagan Valley, BC VQA, Canada

 

 

 

 

Why does Lailey Chardonnay Icewine work with buttered or caramel popcorn?

 

 

 

 

 

Lailey Winery Chardonnay Icewine 2015
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, V.Q.A., Canada

 

 

 

 

 

 

What’s the key to pairing Pillitteri Team Red with chocolate (dark preferred)?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pillitteri Estates Winery Team Canada Red
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, V.Q.A., Canada

 

 

 

 

Why did you put Southbrook Rosé together with chips?

 

 

 

 

 

Southbrook Vineyards Triomphe Cabernet Franc Rosé 2018
Niagara Peninsula, Ontario, V.Q.A., Canada

 

 

 

 

 

Printed with permission from Global TV

 

 

 

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