Planning to join in on Chinese New Year celebrations? Decanter restaurant critic Fiona Beckett gives tips for pairing wines with popular Chinese dishes, from a Western perspective.
What to drink on any given occasion depends where you come from so we in Europe and the US have a different perception of the kind of wines to pair with Chinese food to people living in China.
Most of us believe that it is aromatic white wines such as Riesling and Gewürztraminer that suit Chinese food best but it depends what time of Chinese food – and dish – you’re talking about.
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