Food & Wine Pairing: Salty Foods with Acidic Wines Rule

Video Transcript

"Hi. I'm telling you about the real rules of food and wine pairing. And here is Real Rule Number Five. If you have salty foods, it's a good match with acidic wines. Let's talk about salt in food. It can be the salt that you add to the top of your chicken or your pasta dish, it can be natural salt in things like oysters or seafood. Let's talk about acid in wine. All wine has acid in it, but especially white wines and maybe sparkling wines. Here's the thing about salty foods and acidic wines is they go well together. Salt and acid are both major turbo charges for taste. If you think about the way you make a vinaigrette, you start with lemon, you smooth it out with oil and then what do you do to perk it up? You add a little bit of salt. So salty foods and acidic wines are a very good match. They'll both bring forward lots of flavors and tastes. It might even be kind of explosive. Salt and acid together is sometimes creates a snap, crackle, and a pop on your pallet, and it can be very good indeed."