Posts Tagged ‘food and wine pairings’
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Are You A Wine Dummy? There’s An App For That!
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There's a book too, but apps for your iPhone are cooler, assuming you have an iPhone. Apps like Wine 101 by FuzzyBeta claim to educate the uninitiated and remove the stress of wine selection. At the cost of $3, (of course not including the cost of the iPhone and service) Wine 101 provides a list of names for red wine when you launch it. Tapping on a varietal opens a window detailing where the grape comes from, how the wine smells and tastes, and foods it might pair with.
A similar service is provided by Hello Vino, a free app, available through iTunes, iPhone Wine Apps Continued
See Spot Run
Just when we were getting used to "critter labels," now there are "foodie labels" designed to take the mystery out of food and wine pairings. The wine labels have illustrations that make clear to the consumer which wine pairs best with certain types of meat. A rooster on the Chardonnay, a pig on the Merlot and a cow on the Cabernet Sauvignon (each label has a diagram of the different cuts of meat). "Foodies" will be launched nationally by Cost Plus Food Market in early March 2008 and will retail for $7.99 per bottle. Cost Plus believes this product is appropriate for food and wine enthusiasts of all levels, but the rather basic information (some might say patronizing) says something else. Hopefully, we won't see Spot on the label, but you get the message.