{"id":667,"date":"2011-03-14T17:01:10","date_gmt":"2011-03-14T17:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/wineblog\/?p=667"},"modified":"2013-02-28T12:55:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T17:55:45","slug":"green-food-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/green-food-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Food & Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

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10 Green Food & Drink Matches for St. Patrick\u2019s Day at NatalieMacLean.com<\/b><\/p>\n

You don\u2019t need the luck o\u2019 the Irish to find great green food and drink pairings this St. Patrick\u2019s Day, according to Natalie MacLean, who offers a new Drinks Matcher widget. \u201cJust look for complementary flavors and textures.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cGreen food and green wine go together, so veggies dance with wines that have herbal, grassy aromas, such as New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc,\u201d Natalie adds. \u201cIn fact, if there were an award for Veggie Wine of the Century, it would go to this one. Not only does it have complementary aromas of asparagus and canned peas, but it also has bright citrus notes that complement most vegetables.\u201d<\/p>\n

While white wines often work better than red wines with vegetables, light reds like Pinot Noir and Gamay also work because they have soft tannins, juicy berry flavors and good acidity. Big reds like Shiraz and Cabemet Sauvignon can end up fighting with veggies, because their robust tannins clash with the natural compounds and flavors in vegetables.<\/p>\n

Natalie\u2019s top 10 green food and wine matches:<\/p>\n

1. Field greens salad and Sauvignon Blanc
\n2. Avocado and Pinot Grigio
\n3. Asparagus and Gr\u00fcner Veltliner
\n4. Green peas and Pinot Blanc
\n5. Zucchini and Chenin Blanc
\n6. Artichoke and Verdicchio
\n7. Green tomatoes and Pinot Noir
\n8. Broccoli and Riesling
\n9. Bell pepper and Gamay
\n10. Green melon and Moscato d\u2019Asti<\/p>\n

Natalie\u2019s free Drinks Matcher widget can be downloaded in just a few clicks to any computer desktop, web site, blog or social media page like Facebook, MySpace or iGoogle from www.nataliemaclean.com\/matcher. The Drinks Matcher doesn\u2019t just focus on green foods. The interactive tool has thousands of wines to pair with any dish: meat, pasta, seafood, vegetarian fare, pizza, eggs, cheese and dessert.<\/p>\n

You simply choose the food or wine from a drop-down menu to get the pairing suggestions. There are also lots of recipes for those planning an Irish-themed meal. The matcher is updated regularly with new dishes and wines from the 100,000-plus readers who subscribe to Natalie\u2019s free e-newsletter, which offers tips on how to buy, cellar and serve wine.<\/p>\n

In Red, White and Drunk All Over, Natalie discusses how to match food and wine in greater depth, including wines for a multi-course dinner. There\u2019s also a chapter with advice on pairing wine with five challenging foods: chocolate, cheese, spicy dishes, vegetables and fast food. Got a dish or a wine to stump Natalie? Just e-mail her via her web site and she\u2019ll suggest a match for you.<\/p>\n

Please feel free to use any or all of the material on this page (and ignore the standard copyright notice below :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

10 Green Food & Drink Matches for St. Patrick\u2019s Day at NatalieMacLean.com You don\u2019t need the luck o\u2019 the Irish to find great green food and drink pairings this St. Patrick\u2019s Day, according to Natalie MacLean, who offers a new Drinks Matcher widget. \u201cJust look for complementary flavors and textures.\u201d \u201cGreen food and green wine go together, so veggies dance with wines that have herbal, grassy aromas, such as New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc,\u201d Natalie adds. \u201cIn fact, if there were an award for Veggie Wine of the Century, it would go to this one. Not only does it have complementary […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,23,121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-wine-pairing","category-technology-wine","category-wine-vegetables"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=667"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13508,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/667\/revisions\/13508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nataliemaclean.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}