Italian Food - L’abbinamento, or ‘the match’ is the Italian word reserved almost exclusively for the happy marriage of food and wine. The two have evolved together over the centuries. The taste of a dish depends on its ingredients and its cooking process. The organic characteristics of wines depend on the types of grape used, the different soils, climatic conditions, and techniques of cultivation and manufacture. The general rule is that the flavor of the wine should not prevail over food and vi