Idiots' Guide to Wine Pairing

Being too poor to afford any form of alcohol during school days, I only started drinking when I was working in London. Back then, there was a very kind project manager who showed me the dark side of alcohol consumption; to a reasonable amount of course. He is till today, a great friend and a sound mentor. Choosing between red and white wine to pair with red or white meat respectively was easy enough as most movies will show the gentlemen choosing the right selection to go with the main course of the meal. But choosing between a cabernet sauvignon or pinot noir and semillon or Chardonnay took quite a bit of experimenting. To save us all the trouble, here is a quick idiots' guide to it from Wine Folly, subject to all our individual preferences of course. Enjoy and salud!