I’m curious if there is any type of link between what you like to eat and what wines you like. Do people who like vegtables tend to like diferent varatials more then say someone who likes Mediterranean food. Just one example. I’m just curious if people feel there is a connection between your taste buds and what foods you like and what wines you drink.
I worked a while for a small winery running the tasting room on weekends and I would often have folks come in claiming to not like red wine. So we would get them talking about what else they liked to drink. Do they drink tea or coffee? If so do they add milk or sugar? Do they drink beer and if so which ones. If someone claimed to drink black coffee or love stouts, we would convince them to try the reds and I’d say it was roughly 75% of those that tried did like them. They had just had one or two bad reds and thought they did not like red wine but there was no reason why they shouldn’t if they were already showing a liking for bitter flavors and admit to liking white wine already. Of course if they avoided coffee or needed two sugars and cream and only drank bud light I avoided all the reds.
Not sure if that is what you are asking but it’s the first thing that came to mind.
Yep, Cornell has done studies on this, and as Brian pointed out, there does seem to be strong correlations to wine preferences based on preference or aversion to bitterness.
Those folks who drink their coffee black (or can) tend to prefer drier whites and ‘bolder’ reds with lots of ‘edges’, while those who drink their coffee with cream (and need to) are more bitter averse and are usually drawn to off dry whites and ‘smooth’ reds.
This carries over into some vegetables, but not always - bitter averse folks usually don’t like brussell sprouts (unless slathered in olive oil or butter and combined with bacon) or asparagus; likewise, bitter averse folks usually like milk chocolate but not dark chocolate.
Hope that helps . . .
Cheers!
This is related to the supertaster phenomenon.