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Hosting an informal wine tasting with friends
10 steps to a fabulous evening
By Natalie MacLean
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Matching Wine and Books
10 wines to drink with 10 classic books
• Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte with California chardonnay
• The Scarlett Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne with red burgundy (pinot noir)
• War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy with vintage port
• Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte with British sparkling wine or champagne
• A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens with a southern France cabernet/merlot blend
• Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen with Chilean chardonnay
• The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck with California zinfandel
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald with Washington merlot
• The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger with cognac (or rye whisky)
• The Good Earth by Pearl Buck with New York riesling
10 wines to drink with 10 current books
• The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown with Italian chianti
• Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss with New Zealand sauvignon blanc
• The World is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman with Spanish rioja
• The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls with Canadian riesling
• A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion with South African sauvignon blanc
• Beloved by Toni Morrison with Argentine malbec
• Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden with sake
• The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell with a German riesling
• The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger with Californian cabernet
• Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs with Canadian ice wine
10 favourite food and wine books to read with any wine
• The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
• Heat by Bill Buford
• A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
• Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
• The Vineyard: A Memoir by Louisa Thomas Hargrave
• Wine & War by Don & Petie Kladstrup
• The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher
• Comfort Me With Apples by Ruth Riechl
• The Man Who Ate Everything by Jeffrey Steingarten
• The Tummy Trilogy by Calvin Trillin
Favourite fun food and wine matches
• Popcorn with Chilean chardonnay
• Nachos with California zinfandel
• Potato chips with French champagne
• Pizza with Italian chianti
• Fish and chips with German riesling
• Hamburgers with Australian shiraz
• Smoked salmon with Canadian or Oregon pinot noir
• Quiche with New Zealand sauvignon blanc
• Canned brown beans with tawny port
• TV dinner steak with French or Washington cabernet sauvignon
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 | Excerpted from Red, White, and Drunk All Over by Natalie MacLean. Copyright 2006 by Natalie MacLean. Excerpted by permission of Random House Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher. |
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