There is an important emphasis on drinking in western food, which has a fixed collocation with dishes. Different western dishes often have different wines. The most basic rules are: eat red meat and drink red wine, and eat white meat and drink white wine. Here, red wine and white wine refer to dry red and dry white. Westerners often change a kind of wine when eating a dish.

1. Drinking rules of wine

1. Drink white wine first, then red wine; White wine here refers to dry white, and red wine refers to dry red.

2. Drink light wine first, then dark wine

? The wine on the table of westerners is basically wine. For example, champagne is a sparkling wine, and brandy is distilled wine. The beer that China people often drink is included in the list of drinks and is not enjoyed at the table. Besides white and red wine, there is also a kind of peach red between them, which is lighter than red wine, and the second principle of foreign wine is to drink the light color first, then the dark color.

3. Drink wine with a recent year first, and then drink wine with a distant year; Foreign wines pay attention to the storage year. The longer the year, the more mellow and expensive it is. Usually, expensive wines are used for the final finale.

4. Drink light wine first, and then drink strong wine; Brandy, whisky and other heavy and strong wines are used as the finale to dissolve greasy. Mild wine is often drunk first. In addition, if the taste of wine is sweet and sour, it is necessary to drink sour wine first. Sweet wine is very greasy and should be drunk last.

2. Classification of table wine

1. Pre-dinner wine

refers to the wine drunk before eating the main course, which is used for appetizing. This kind of wine has a light taste, or a sweet and sour taste. Westerners prefer to drink cocktails, champagne and so on.

2. Table wine

When eating meat or fish, the wine you drink is table wine.

generally, it is white wine and red wine.

three cups are usually placed on the dining table of western-style banquets. These three cups are placed right in front of the right hand, arranged from the outside to the inside, and are getting bigger and bigger, which are cups for drinking white wine, red wine and water respectively.

drink white wine with white meat

(white meat refers to chicken, fish, seafood, poultry, etc., so it is called white meat after processing),

drink red wine with red meat

(red meat refers to beef, mutton and pork, which is suitable for braising in soy sauce or barbecue because of its heavy taste, so red meat needs to be accompanied with red wine with heavy taste).

3. After-dinner wine

After the main course is finished, you need to get rid of greasy food. You can drink black tea or coffee, and of course you can also drink alcohol. At this time, the wine to drink is the after-dinner wine, and brandy and whisky are usually used as the after-dinner wine.

Finally, emphasize two points:

1. No matter whether you drink China wine or western wine, you must do what you can, and don't affect your work because you are greedy for getting drunk, and don't cause trouble to others;

2. We should fully respect the guests' choices, and both sides should take care of each other, without being forced or drinking.