With your vinaigrette-doused salad, serve high-acid sparkling wines, crisp, dry roses and white wines with little or no oak.

February 4, 2011

Pairing a good wine with salads can be tricky, especially if you prefer to use vinegar-based salad dressings.

And these days, as most of us find we have to watch the wasitline, that often means just plain old vinegar on a pile of lettuce leaves.

But just because we are limited to our salad dressing selections doesn’t mean there is no hope for picking a wine to handle the acidic flavor.

Here are some tips for pairing wine with salad from The Dallas Morning News:

With your vinaigrette-doused salad, serve high-acid sparkling wines, crisp, dry roses and white wines with little or no oak.

Here are some other tips, courtesy of Mr. Mackay and the Wine Market Council:

Add something salty (olives, anchovies, capers), some chopped nuts or a strong cheese to neutralize some of the vinegar’s acidity.

Substitute fresh citrus juice or wine for part of the vinegar in the dressing.

With Caesar salad, try an Italian pinot grigio or a Portuguese vinho verde.

A nice, light pinot noir or Beaujolais makes a good pairing with the meats and cheeses of a Cobb salad.

With its sharp flavors, Greek salad calls for an assertive wine such as a Sauvignon blanc from New Zealand.

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Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

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Clark Wine Center

Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building

Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,

Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

Wine@Yats-International.com

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Manila Sales Office

3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,

Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

(632) 637-5019   0917-520-4393  ask for Rea or Chay

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