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When not swanning around Tuscany, perusing markets for fresh produce with a camera crew and three weeks holiday, we're actually hungry people with about two hours and twenty bucks to spend on dinner.
We pulled together four experts to test-drive a bunch of wines with a range of typical take away dishes. Serving the usual take-out suspects and a selection of easy to get wines, we then asked what goes. |
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 Toby: Our resident superchef and well-travelled taster of all things fine. |
 Jane: A frightfully talented chef from Melbourne's traps and even some of the city's finest restaurants. |
 Kate: Wine X contributor, beer writer and Junior wine Jedi. As we eat Kate's probably studying for her Master of Wine program. That or drinking beer. |
 Matt: A man who knows his wine and loves his food the combination of which he believes makes him as expert. |
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DISH: FRIED CHICKEN
PICK: T'Gallant Imogen Pinot Gris 1999, $19 MATT: The overall structure of the wine worked really well with the hard task of getting through the skin to the chicken. TOBY: The wine conquered the task of cutting through and overpowering the deep fry taste. PICK: Evans and Tate Cabernet/Merlot 1999, $19.85 MATT: The laws of food and wine matching say that this match would be like marrying your sister - not good. Depending on how it's done of course, chicken doesn't usually go as well with such a heavy wine. But in this case it works and begs the question, is KFC really chicken? |
DISH: NODDLE STIRFRY: COMBO OF PORK, BEEF, CHICKEN, LITTLE CHLLI AND VEGIES
PICK: Platypus Play Canungra Vineyards Semillon/Sauvignon 2000, $15 MATT: The wine is super simple -- clean, crisp and fresh, with minimal acidity which helps to not fire up the chilli in this dish. TOBY: Fresh, clean drop with low acidity kept those spicy flavours in their place. Keep in mind that acidity in wine can amplify spice in food. PICK: T'Gallant Imogen Pinot Gris 1999, $19 KATE: Rich lusciousness of wine goes well with the chilli. PICK: Evans and Tate Cabernet/Merlot 1999, $19.85 KATE: The sweetness of the wine brings out the sweetness in the dish. Surprisingly good. |
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