How to pair wine with umami


At Vinexpo Nippon in Tokyo, experts will teach attendees how to pair wine with Japanese foods.

The complex flavours of the fifth taste pose a challenge when it comes to wine pairing. But there are ways around it.

Given that umami was only formally accepted as the fifth taste by the scientific community less than 30 years ago, the enigmatic flavour sensation is at a bitter disadvantage when it comes to wine pairings.

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