This question was brought up and some answers were found during the recent Indian Wine Awards 2018 by Sonal Holland MW, India’s most highly qualified wine expert. During the judging, a separate section of wines were tasted blind along with 9 iconic Indian dishes, from Goan prawn curry to paneer khurchan.
The results of this strictly regulated judging competition, run according to the highest world standards, threw up some surprises.

Ruma Singh who was a member of the high-powered jury of experts, writes about the eternal question, and gets answers from Sonal Holland MW.

Read about this hot topic and the answers to this issue on Between the Wines:

INDIAN FOOD & WINE: THE ETERNAL QUESTION OF PAIRING

About Ruma Singh

Ruma Singh is a former full-time journalist turned wine writer and freelance wine columnist who
writes on wine along with spirits and other beverages, food, travel and lifestyle subjects. With her
special focus on wine writing, Ruma has qualified in the specialized WSET (Wine & Spirit Education
Trust, London), passing the Advanced Level 3 with distinction.

She blogs about wine, along with food and travel on her dedicated wine website, Between The
Wines at http://rumasingh.com/. Between the Wines has been named one of The Top 100 Wine
Websites to Follow on the Internet since 2016. Ruma writes for several other noted publications and
websites, national and international, and promotes the cause of wine and wine education in India.
She is one of only 2 Indian wine journalists who is a member of the exclusive Circle of Wine Writers,
UK which is a group of the topmost wine journalists in the world.