Choosing Wine On Valentine’s (Or Any Other Special) Day

"How many times did I ask you,
 'Please don't forget the wine'?"

You’ve bought a present. You’ve remembered the flowers. You’ve either chosen the recipes for a dinner at home or you’re out on the town for that special night, looking to impress. Either way, you’ve got to choose: at the grocery store or from the wine list. How do you decide?

In general, there are four simple rules to keep in mind that will help guide you to the perfect wine.

Serve red wine with red meat, white wine with poultry and fish.

The wine should match the main dish, which works as long as you know whether the dish you’re serving falls into a recognizable category. It’s not too hard to figure out that beef is the king of red meats. But what’s pork? Technically, it’s a red meat too even though marketing types would have you believe it’s white. Salmon, on the other hand, with its pink color, is still a fish. Thus, it calls for white.