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Matching cheese and wines is an art: Here are a few pairing hints

Paired with Baluchi's Indian (all non-veg) cuisine, what stood out was the Vina Tondonia Reserva, Rioja, 2004 paired with Badami Bater or Sofiyani Pork Ribs

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Alok Chandra
We all talk about “wine & cheese” as personifying the perfect match, forgetting entirely that there are almost as many types of cheese as there are wines and matching the two is an art. 

Just as there’s little joy in sampling entry-level wines with little aroma or taste, there’s no point in pairing plain old Amul (with due apologies to the staple fare of millions) with a wine : what one should seek instead are distinctive cheese(s) and memorable wine(s). 

Fortunately, at least in the metro cities today, there is a reasonable choice of both good cheese and good wines