 It finds you wine matches for 219 cheeses, plus thousands more pairings for appetizers, main courses and desserts. The new Drinks Matcher from Nat Decants, the website run by Natalie MacLean, is a great tool for your latest gizmo and can act like your personal sommelier.
You just choose a match on your mobile device and then you can find the top drink picks either in the retail shop or on the restaurant menu. This new tool doesn't require a connection to the Internet and therefore can be used in remote locations too.
"There are two trends that are exploding in popularity now: interest in food and wine, and the convenience of mobile applications," says MacLean. "That makes the Nat Decants Drinks Matcher a natural fit. As a wine-lover, I love finding ways for new technology to help us savour all of life's pleasures, wherever we are."
Here is how the Decants Drinks Matcher works:
- Start with either a drink or a dish
- Choose Bubbly, White, Red, Rosé, Dessert
- Pair beer, spirits, cocktails, liquor, coffee, tea
- Select from 292 grapes, wines and blends
- 219 cheeses and cheese dishes
- 61 pasta dishes, 118 vegetarian & salads
- 57 chicken, 59 beef, 41 pork, 112 seafood dishes
- 27 types of pizzas plus other take-out favourites
- 48 herbs, spices and sauces
- 94 Asian, Indian and Chinese dishes
- 123 types of chocolate and desserts
This gives a permutation and combination of unbelievable-over 380,000 pairings, with new ones being added regularly.
The Nat Decants Drinks Matcher is only a nominal $3 and you can download it in two minutes from her online stores for iPhone and Blackberry.
Natalie MacLean is an independent journalist and author of the best seller book, ‘Red, White and Drunk All Over’. She has won four James Beard Journalism Awards. At the World Food Media Awards in Australia, she was named the World's Best Drinks Writer. |