The pairing of wine and food is a highly subjective art. General rules about what wine goes with what food really don't apply in today's expansive market place. With the availability of delicious products from all over the world, there is too much diversity to make common assumptions.

Each food must meet each wine individually. We provide pairings that specifically match these individualities, so you can be assured of a meal that will harmonize with your wine. We make all the mistakes, so you won't have to.

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Each of our entertaining pairings will relate our discoveries, adventures and misadventures in the world of food and wine. You can also enjoy our ongoing search for that elusive "3X Effect", where food and wine meet perfectly to create a divine third flavor!

Won't you join us for dinner? And stay for the fun!

JJ and SS

Standard wine ratings are based on a scale from 50 to 100 points. This provides some specificity for wine ratings in the 80-94 range. Typically, color, bouquet and flavor are considered when evaluating a wine.

Phood-whine.com ratings are somewhat different. Since our focus is on food and wine pairing, we believe simpler is better. We only evaluate the flavor of the wine, and how wines work with specific recipes.

When members rate wines, recipes or pairings, we ask that you use the same scale (shown below) to allow for consistency in ratings.

The phood-whine.com rating system:

Divine..............10
Excellent .........9.5-9.9
Yummy............9.0-9.4
OK...................8.6-8.9
Blah ................8.0-8.5
Yuck................7.0-7.9

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