sweet (or semi-sweet) red wines?

[Innkeeper]

In her new book, "Great Tastes Made Simple", Andrea Immer states flat out that all wine goes with all food. She then goes on to explain how and why some wines go better with certain foods. Otherwise there would be no reason to read her book!

Therefore, I would never suggest that shiraz is the wrong wine for grilled pork chops. Glad you enjoyed it. Don't know about the attitude thing. I try to approach a wine with an open mind and let the wine convince me. If you go down to the German thread, there is a posting where one of our experianced members had to get past the odor of fuel oil in order to enjoy a riesling from Alsace. It he hadn't, he never would have enjoyed the wine. Maybe that is about attitude!

With pork chops, I prefer pinot noir. Also like what one might call "big rose's" such as the one I referenced above. Some gutsy whites also go well with pork chops such as the riesling from Alsace mentioned above, fuel oil and all. Other whites are the Austrian Gruner Veltliner and the Italian Vermentino.