There really aren't any opposites in taste IMO. There are various pairs that you wouldn't think would go together well until you add a third ingredient that moderates them.
Sure there are. There are complementary flavors and contrasting flavors. This applies to everything from recipes to wine/beverage pairings.
Drinking a peppery wine with spicy food would be a complementary pairing but choosing a sweet wine would be contrasting, and arguably just better as it creates a balance between the two rather than over-amplifying a single aspect of the meal
I don't think "contrasting" is the same as "opposite" though. There are many flavors you'd consider contrasting to each of those; which would be opposite to the other?
I agree that maybe ‘opposite’ isn’t the best word, but I feel like he was asking about contrasting flavors without thinking of that particular word. But really, sweet is pretty opposite of spicy. Can you name a flavor profile that’s contrasting to spicy that isn’t sweet? Like bitter and spicy are different profiles and probably don’t go together at all, so I don’t think it even makes sense to describe them as contrasting, just a bad pairing
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