Although we have the reputation as a wine drinking and wine producing nation, there are only few people who are aware of the unwritten rules of drinking this noble drink. If we know what, when, to what and how to drink, a lunch or dinner served with the proper wine may turn to a genuine gastronomic experience and culinary occasion.

The basic rules of wine drinking:

• Never drink wine if you are hungry.
• Drink the wine in small gulps while enjoying its taste.
• Never mix noble wine with water or other drink.
• Be moderate in wine drinking.
• Choose spicy, dry white wine or rosé as aperitif.

What wine suit to the different dishes?

• Choose light, tasty white wine to the soups.
• Offer white wine to the pork while red or rosé wine to the ham.
• Offer tasty, noble red wine to the beef and lamb, while light, white wine to the fish.
• Rich, red wine suits best to the game while mushrooms require tasty white wine.
• Always drink fragrant, sweet, white wine to desserts.
• Drink dry white wine to the salty pastry and choose semi-sweet, full-bodied red to the sweet pastry.