Falstaff reveals the best combinations for the festive season.

Pairing time: The Falstaff guide to perfect food pairing

Ulrich Sautter, Benjamin Herzog, 06.12.2023

A festive meal with family and friends calls for a tasteful wine accompaniment. There are many pitfalls. There are many myths surrounding perfect food and wine pairing - and not all of them are justified. A guide through the almost unmanageable canon of rules and prohibitions.

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A well-known German sommelier likes to tell the following anecdote from the beginning of his career in convivial company: when he was a young, ambitious sommelier, he told a regular guest who wanted a Riesling with his beef steak, "But that doesn't suit you!" To which the regular replied: "It doesn't suit you - but it suits me!"

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