Wine Types / Grape Varieties
Wine Flavor Descriptions and Food Flavor Matches:
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Sparkling
Crisp,Tart
Salty foods like caviar, potato chips and dips, salsa. Particularly refreshing with spicy foods like pizza and lasagna. A classic match with Chinese foods.
Lemony flavored dishes like roasted veal. Chicken, fish and shellfish recipes that taste good with a squeeze of lemon. Broiled fish, baked fish, are perfect combinations. Stir-fried beef with vegetables. Dishes flavored with lemon. Anything with peppers, green bell to hot chiles. Apple, Coconut, Buttery, Nutty
Fish sautéed in butter or with almonds. Fried oysters and clams. Fish, shell fish, chicken and veal with cream-based sauces. Spicy, Floral
Rich flavored appetizers like gravlax or liver pâté. Spicy and spicy-hot food, especially Chinese. Curries. Hot wings, stuffed hot peppers. Tropical fruit, Slightly sweet Soft and delicate, Cherry
Simply grilled or sautéed beef tenderloin. Perfect with Prime Rib. Roast beef, beef stew, and shish kabobs. Fish poached in Pinot Noir.
Lamb and classic beef dishes including Stroganoff, steak with Bordelaise, Bearnaise or other rich sauces. Beef wellington, and pot roast. Duck and pheasant. Grilled salmon. Raspberries, Robust
Hearty stews, dishes with tomatoes or tomato sauce, meats grilled over a smoky fire. Spicy flavored meat dishes, curries and osso buco. Venison and rabbit. Turkey, especially with dressing on Thanksgiving. Cornish hens, sweet and sour chicken. Great Links:
Sauvignon Blanc
Lemon, Melon, Grassy
Chardonnay
Gewürztraminer
White Zinfandel
Hamburgers and any food served with ketchup. Salmon and other meats grilled with tomato-based BBQ sauce. Cold stuffed tomatoes, chicken parmesagne.
Pinot Noir
Cabernet Sauvignon
Currants, Rich, Cedary
Zinfandel (red)
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