Which wine to accompany which food?

Toasty

I believe there are some wine drinkers on this forum that may have some good suggestions on which wine goes well with certain food. So if you're curious, or looking for a combo to flummox, post a meal below.

I'll start with Chicken Tikka Massala, we're having this tonight and wondered what wine you'd drink with it? I know, I know, 4 tins of Carling is the obvious suggestion, but which wine would suit?

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GasDad

Surely a good Tikka Massala would swamp the taste of most wines - so I would drink the wine I wanted to carry on drinking later in the evening.

Toasty

Therein lies the question I thought it would be a tough one to match, but I've heard a good sauvignon or chenin blanc may do the trick. I've also heard a light red may be good too, but wouldn't know which?

jerryfb

Well the obvious answer is often the right answer.  I have never ever thought that wine and curry work together.  The power of the curry spices justs blasts the wine away.  I would stick to beer.  But if you really must then...

Find a light refreshing wine that does not try to take on the curry in a fight.  Personally I would try something light, white and lightly sparkling.  A chilled vinho verde from portugal or you could try some Pino Grigio (Italian).  Something not too pricey with a bit of sparkle to clean the palate.  Some of the white wines of the Loire (vouvray for instance) may be worth a try if you're feeling esoteric.  I think that any of the other cheap sparkling wines like Cava, etc have too much sugar and will linger on the palate.  

If you want something wthout fizz, what about a nice New Zealand Chardonnay?

Iccz

Cobra Beer   Curry = Epic Win


As others have said a wine is as good as wasted with a curry.
Same as above - Pino wouldn't go too bad, but beer is probably your best bet.

Toasty

Indeed, but not everyone attending drinks beer.

I personally prefer sans fizz, so this sounds interesting

Can wine really be defeated by curry? Just for the record, half the people eating tonight will not drink beer, hence the question and my initial nod to the beer / curry combo

Iccz

This might help a bit:
Wine does go with curry - Times Online

Toasty

Excellent, thanks Iccz, sounds like a nice Rose might be the way forward, not really considered that

Loftusrd1980

I have found any decent red wine is lost once you have a curry I find a cheap £4 bottle goes just as well as a more expensive bottle.

Westindieman

I cant really agree with that and surely it must depend on ones taste buds. Of course that might be the case if you have having the hottest of curries and again, the hotness depends on ones palate. My favourite curries are tikka madras or jalfrezi and those can range from medium to very hot (jalfrezi in particular), but I find I prefer to drink red wine which I can very much savor with my curry.