Which wines go best with “green food,” such as asparagus, peppers and peas? How about other fresh vegetables that we’ll enjoy this summer and fall?
“Green foods are the problem children of the wine world,” says Natalie MacLean, editor of one of the largest wine sites on the web at www.nataliemaclean.com. “But as a stubborn hedonist, I’ve found some terrific wines to drink with them.”
Natalie has just launched a new mobile application for iPhone, iPod Touch, BlackBerry, Droid and other smartphones. Developed by Cerado, this app builds on the success of her Drinks Matcher and includes all the pairings in the original app, plus thousands of wine reviews, recipes, articles, blog posts, glossary definitions, cellar journal and winery directory. You can access the new app at www.nataliemaclean.com/
In the spirit of going green (and giving back green), the new app is free. With the Nat Decants Mobile App, you can find the right wines, whether you’re in a restaurant or at the liquor store restocking. It’s like having a sommelier in your pocket.
Nat Decants Free Mobile App Features:
– Find 380,000 professionally tested food and wine pairings
(not generated by computer algorithm)
– Access thousands of wine reviews by an independent journalist
– Search the reviews by winery, price, score, region, grape, vintage, food match
– Track your wines in your virtual cellar and add your own journal notes and scores
– Search a directory of 10,000+ wineries to buy wine or plan a visit
– Find thousands of tasty, tested recipes for every wine
– Get wine savvy with articles, glossary definitions and blog posts
– Share on Twitter, Facebook and e-mail with friends
Natalie’s Top 10 Green Wine and Food Matches
1. Corned beef and cabbage: Pinot Blanc
2. Irish Stew: Cabernet Franc
3. Spring Asparagus: Gruner Veltliner
4. Field greens salad: Riesling
5. Tomatoes: Pinot Noir
6. Green peppers: Sparkling Wine
7. Grilled veggies: Rose
8. Green peas: Sauvignon Blanc
9. Spinach and bacon salad: Merlot
10. Artichoke: Verdicchio
For more tips on pairing green food and wine, visit http://bit.ly/dsYG0g.
To get the free Nat Decants Mobile App visit:
www.nataliemaclean.com/
On the page above, click on the words iPod or iPhone under the iPhone image to go to the iTunes store for the app. The direct link is:
http://itunes.apple.com/ca/
For BlackBerry, Droid, Nexus One, Nokia, Palm Pre and other smartphones, click on those words under the BlackBerry phone image. The direct link is:
http://www.nataliemaclean.com/
About Natalie:
Natalie MacLean is an independent journalist and author of the bestseller Red, White and Drunk All Over. For Google searches on popular terms like “food and wine matching” and “wine newsletter,” Natalie’s site is often on the first page of the results as it has become a go-to resource for food and wine lovers. Natalie has won four James Beard Journalism Awards, including the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award. At the World Food Media Awards in Australia, she was named the World’s Best Drinks Writer: www.nataliemaclean.com/bio. You can find her on Twitter at http://twitter.com/
