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It is an axiom that wines don’t go with Indian food — one that needs to be examined in some detail lest we fall foul of anyone espousing the cause of being Indian.
First, what food are we talking about? Indian cuisine varies enormously from north to south and east to west. Coastal cuisine is again different from what’s eaten inland, and changes with where it’s being prepared.
Two key differentiators of our cuisine (when compared to “continental” cuisines) are curries and spice. Indian cuisines use many more spices (not just chillies) in complex and varied ways, and Indian foods almost always
