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Pairing Champagne with Food - Science Proves the Match

Anne Krebiehl MW, 30.12.2021

Professor Barry Smith of the Centre for the Study of the Senses at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of London explains the science behind Champagne and why it is much more than an aperitif: it is made to go with food.

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Professor Barry Smith is that rare thing: an academic, philosopher and scientist who not only loves but studies wine in an interdisciplinary fashion. The Comité Champagne asked him to shedsome light on the food pairing possibilities of Champagne. All too often Champagne is still thought of as a mere celebratory drink or aperitif – when in fact it is a fully-fledged wine with great gastronomic possibility and scope.

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