Q:\u00a0 When preparing for a dinner party how many bottles of wine should I buy? Should I pair the wine with the food I\u2019m serving or to the taste of my guests?<\/p>\n
A: Normally one bottle of wine will serve 5 to 6 people with the glasses filled half way. During a dinner party where wine is the primary drink, you can plan for about 3 drinks per person. When inviting your guests also keep in mind that everyone may not want a glass of wine. So for about 10 guests (including yourself \u00a0and \u00a0all drink wine), I would purchase about 5 bottles.<\/p>\n
To answer your second question, I would pair my wine with the food I’m offering but keep in mind the tastes of my guests. If I know some of my guests prefer white wine over red wine (or vice versa) I would purchase wines accordingly, ultimately try to choose wines that will not overpower your meal but compliment it.<\/p>\n
Good luck with your dinner party, please feel free to follow up and let us know how it went \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
~ Chef Watson<\/p>\n
Some Food & Wine Pairing Recommendations:<\/strong><\/p>\n White Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n Sauvignon Blanc pairs well with tart sauces and dressings<\/p>\n Pinot Grigio & Chardonnay pairs well with seafood dishes.<\/p>\n Red Wines<\/strong><\/p>\n Pinot Noir pairs well with earthy dishes, like mushrooms<\/p>\n Malbec pairs well with spicy and sweet dishes because of its deep and bold flavor<\/p>\n Cabernet Sauvignon pairs well with red meats, lamb, and pork<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Q:\u00a0 When preparing for a dinner party how many bottles of wine should I buy? Should I pair the wine with the food I\u2019m serving or to the taste of my guests? A: Normally one bottle of wine will serve 5 to 6 people with the glasses filled half way. During a dinner party where […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":637,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cooking-tip-of-the-week"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/slide.0021.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3rDYf-af","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=635"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":639,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/635\/revisions\/639"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chanellesheavenlytreasures.com\/chtwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}