Wine and Parmezaan pairings

A piece of hard, dry Parmesan cheese can be beautifully combined with a glass of wine. Preferably a full-bodied red wine or dry sparkling wine. Almost any dry sparkling wine will do. If you combine it with dry red, then a full-bodied Amarone or Barolo from Italy is a true classic.

The hard Parmigiano Reggiano DOP is the only real Parmesan cheese and the best available. It is very old, the Romans already ate it. It is made in the provinces of Parma, Reggio Emilia, Modena and Mantua. Parmesan is made from raw milk, where the skimmed evening milk is mixed with the full-fat morning milk. Parmesan can be kept for years and only reaches its full flavour after at least two years. Parmesan is straw-yellow, hard and brittle. It is fragrant and has a delicate flavour. You can shave it over pasta, with carpaccio or in salads. But Parmesan is also very tasty on its own, especially with a glass of wine.