Wine Stained Cow’s Teeth

Scientific studies generally help us learn that our favourite things are bad. Despite an unwillingness to know this information, we usually we end up reading these news items, in a manner reminiscent of glancing at road kill while driving. I hope you’ll keep reading this article and join me in counteracting a recent ‘road kill sighting’.

Earlier this month I stumbled across an article describing a study that found white wine is a culprit in staining your teeth. Wha? No! Oh well, it’s not as if I’ll really stop drinking white wine (except that my brain will likely point out this possibility until the memory is shelved). Hoping to think of ways to subtly mock these scientific results, I continued to read the article. That’s when I noticed researchers tested the theory by submerging cows teeth in the wine. *dramatic pause* 

Now that we’ve individually formed images of these tests (did you picture cows lined up, standing still with their bared teeth sunk into special trays full of wine?), let’s disregard the results and think about fantastic white wine. 

 

What’s your favourite white wine, any country? Admit anything here folks.

A few of mine:
Howard Park Chardonnay, Western Australia
Peter Lehmann Semillion, South Australia
Yalumba Shiraz-Viognier, South Australia (for a double staining whammy of red and white) 
Viognier, Township 7, British Columbia
Pinot Blanc, Cedar Creek, British Columbia 
Sauvignon Blanc, Kim Crawford, New Zealand 

Food & White Wine Pairing:
Chinese food can be tricky to pair with wine, especially spicy food, which can make oaked wines seem bitter. Give pinot gris from Alsace, France a shot with hoisin pork. 

I’d love to hear your comments on great white wine!  Cheers.