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Home > Blogs > Uncorked > Archives > 2006 > October > 24

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Wine + Cigars = Blech!

By Mark Fisher | Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 07:29 AM

A reader asks the “Dinner with Chuck and Ann” blog for recommendations of the best wines to drink with cigars.

Oh, please.

Yeah yeah, I know, in some circles, wine and cigars are inseparable. Our friend Marvin Shanken of Wine Spectator fame also publishes Cigar Aficionado magazine. Locally, Arrow Wine & Spirits has always had a thriving smoke shop selling all types of pipes, tobacco and cigars.

My hunch is the vast majority of wine lovers do not share this enthusiasm for rolled, dried, overpriced, carcinogenic tobacco leaf. To my palate, the taste (or even the close-proximity aroma) of a cigar, no matter how “fine,” kills the taste of wine. Any wine. Even Port.

But that’s just me, right?

What do you think? Cigars and wine — yes or no?

Cheers!

Mark Fisher

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