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Pasta itself has a neutral flavour, so your choice of beverage will largely be influenced by the other ingredients, such as sauces, fillings and spices. To accompany pasta and pizza, it’s worth choosing a beverage that has the same level of richness as the food.

Mild sausages go well with lightly flavoured yet aromatic beverages. For example, a well-balanced beer or white wine, and also a lightish red.

Pork is milder than, for example, beef. So your beverage choices should also be on the lighter side.

When pairing hot and spicy food with alcoholic beverages, beer is usually the best bet. A fresh, pale and relatively light beer works particularly well. If you opt for wine, you should also choose a light and crisp option to offset the spicy food, or maybe even something a little on the sweet side.