First of all, in order to achieve the perfect combination of wine and food, we need to match the basic elements of wine and food. The most important principle is to strike a balance between the two. An element in wine or an element in food cannot interfere with each other or overwhelm each other. The basic principles of collocation are:

The weight of food matches the body of wine;

The richness of food matches the richness of wine;

Sour food needs to be accompanied by wine with high acidity;

Dessert needs to be accompanied by sweet wine;

Avoid pairing greasy or salty food with high tannin wine;

Try to match red meat with wine with heavy tannins;

Salty food needs to be accompanied by sweet wine or high acidity wine;

Foods that are too greasy or fatty need to be accompanied by wine with high acidity.

In the process of eating western food, you need to pay attention to the basic order of drinking all kinds of wine:

1, champagne white wine as aperitif, red white wine with meals, cognac with dessert;

2. Drink white wine first, then red wine;

3, drink light wine first, drink heavy wine first;

4, young wine to drink first, old wine to drink first;

5, not sweet wine to drink first, sweet wine to drink first.

The collocation of wine and western food;

1. Red wine: cheese, ham, eggs, beef and mutton chops, poultry, animals, game and viscera;

2. Liquor: salad, cheese, chocolate, foie gras, seafood and snails;

4. Champagne: tea, pudding and turkey.