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Wine and cheese together again

by Nick Vagnoni, Posted Feb 20th 2006 @ 6:01PM

Some of you may recall a stir created last month by news of a study that many claimed debunked the harmonious pairing of cheese and red wine. Well, Slate's Mike Steinberger recently spoke with U.C. Davis professor Hildegarde Heymann, supervisor of the wine and cheese study. Heymann feels that the results of the study were grossly misinterpreted by the media. The tasters, apparently, weren't wine experts, but rather university students and staff. The wines, mostly from California ranged in price from $7 to $20. While the cheeses did make the wines taste less intense, tasters were still very much able to distinguish the better wines of the bunch, Heymann told Steinberger. Moreover, in some cases, bad cheese may even mask the more offensive characteristics of bad wine.

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Tags: cheese, pairing, results, study, taste, wine

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pRepaID

2-21-2006 @9:01AM pRepaID said... I like wine and cheese, aspecially in the fryday evening, after hard work.
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wireLESS

2-21-2006 @9:09AM wireLESS said... O yeahh! Frieday evenings.... But i prefer beer, lots beer with sousages!
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ant3eye

2-21-2006 @2:55PM ant3eye said... Fondue Lovers rejoice!
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