Should You Incorporate Jalapeños into Your Sauvignon Blanc?
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Isle starts by saying he'd be shocked if the stuff in green peppers or jalapeños gets into the wine if you only put them in for two minutes. "It's not likely. The smell part... if you chop a pepper, you can smell it." But even though the peppers may not change the wine's taste, you might feel its spicy, green smell more.
Isle says, "Does it make it better? No. Does it change it? Yes. Maybe you'll like it more… Here's an idea. It's like putting frozen cherries in a wine that smells a bit like cherries. Will it taste better? No. But hey, maybe you're into that kind of thing."
A lot of wine lovers might not like to mix up how their wine smells as they taste it. But if you do enjoy smelling something else as you drink, this trick could be fun. And if you're into it, that's what counts.
People who talk about this trick say that chiles make it spicy, which can be good news for those who love spicy food. But the stuff that makes jalapeños hot, called capsaicin, doesn't mix well with water. Just putting cut peppers in a glass isn't sure to make it hot. For example, to get a spicy margarita, you either have to let the peppers sit in the tequila or mash them up in your drink.
Even if the stuff in peppers might not change how your wine tastes, there is no loss in trying it out. And as Isle says, if you like it, that is the big thing.
If you want to try this, be sure to cut the peppers before you freeze them to keep from cutting wet, icy ones. If you don't like heat, you could use green bell peppers, not jalapeños. It's not likely that wine pros at bars will say to use this way very soon.
