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Are wine and cheese incompatible?

According to the results of tests conducted at the University of California, Davis, cheese dulls the taste of red wine, making it difficult to discern different flavours. Dr Hildegard Heymann, who led the research, found …

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21 January 2006 · 3 min read

Are wine and cheese incompatible?
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According to the results of tests conducted at the University of California, Davis, cheese dulls the taste of red wine, making it difficult to discern different flavours. Dr Hildegard Heymann, who led the research, found that after eating cheese, wine tasters could not tell the difference between expensive wine and cheap plonk. Learn more at Decanter.com.

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