Vocabulary:

11. How to Choose Wine for a Meal?

Usually people choose red wine to go with red meat and white wine to go with white meat. If you are having a nice steak, leg of lamb or another red meat, choose from a variety of red wines. Fish, pork and poultry would be served with a nice white wine. This rule, of course, isn’t the case.

Instead of matching a wine with the colour of the meat being served, a better idea would be to match the intensity of the wine with the intensity of the meat. A deep, full-bodied red wine would go well with a juicy steak or lamb chops. Lighter meals would be good with a nice white wine. If you have a spicy poultry dish you might want to serve a red wine just as you might want to serve a white wine with a delicate meal that has a red meat entrée.

Appetizers ideally shouldn’t be paired with red wines. They can be paired with white wines. Chenin Blanc, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc; blushes, such as White Grenache, White Zinfandel; sparkling wines Blanc de Noir, Brut extra Dry and Spumante.

Barbeque and marinated poultry are best served with one of these red wines: Zinfandel, Petit Sirah and Beaujolais. Beef dishes are also best served with red wines: Cabernet Sauvignon, merlot and Zinfandel.

Mild cheese would benefit from Chenin Blanc, Gewurztraminer, Riesling, sauvignon Blanc and Semillon white wines. You could also serve White Grenache or White Zinfandel in the rose, or Blanc de Noir, Brut Extra Dry or Spumante champagnes.

Choose a red Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir or Zinfandel for strong cheeses. A nice white Chardonnay or sparkling wine would be agood choice.

Desserts would be best limited to a Gewurztraminer, Riesling, White Zinfandel or Spumante sparkling wine.

Pasta dishes, especially those that are heavily seasoned with tomato sauce and smoked or barbequed beef, would be great with a Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot or Red Zinfandel. White wine choices include Sauvignon Blanc, Chablis, Pinot Grigio and Riesling. Rose and sparkling wine would not be ideal to serve with these types of meals.

Pork dishes can be enjoyed with a Pinot Noir or red Zinfandel, white Chardonnay or Gewurztraminer, or a white Grinache.

Pinot Noir, Burgundy, Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc and White Zinfandel are good choices for poultry dishes.

Finally if you plan to enjoy a seafood dinner, consider choosing a Merlot, pinot noir, burgundy, Chardonnay, Semillon, White Grenache or White Zinfandel for heavy seafood. Chardonnay, Gewurztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc, White Grenache and White Zinfandel would be recommended for lighter seafood fare.

Vocabulary:

12.Soft drinks.

А) Non-alcoholic beverages are drinks that usually contain alcohol, such as beer and wine, but contain less than 0.5% alcohol by volume. This category includes low-alcohol beer, non-alcoholic wine, and apple cider.

The term "soft drink" specifies the absence of alcohol. Beverages such as soda pop, sparkling water, iced tea, lemonade, squash, and fruit punch are the most common soft drinks. Milk, hot chocolate, tea, coffee, milkshakes, and tap water are not considered to be soft drinks.

A soft drink, also referred to as soda, soda pop, pop, tonic, coke, or fizzy drink and is a non-alcoholic beverage typically containing water, often carbonated water and a flavoring agent. Many of these beverages are sweetened by sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, or n the case of "diet" drinks with a sugar substitute. They may also contain ingredients such as caffeine and fruit juice.

Small amounts of alcohol may be present in a soft drink, but the alcohol content generally must be less than 0.5% of the total volume if the drink is to be considered non-alcoholic.

Widely sold soft drink varieties include cola, lemon-lime, root beer, orange, grape, cream soda, ginger ale, flavored water, tonic water, sparkling lemonade, sparkling water, iced tea, sweet tea, squash, and fruit punch.

Soft drinks are usually served chilled or at room temperature, are rarely heated, and

generally do not include milk or other dairy beverages. Beverages that are typically not considered soft drinks include hot chocolate, hot tea, coffee, pure juice, milkshake.