Wine and Food Pairing
Wine and Food Pairing 101
Which wine goes with chicken, steak, seafood, veggies, fruit, and deserts? Pairing food and wine is more than dark meats with red and light colored meats with white. Spices, taste, and texture all go into pairing a food with wine. Below is a chart with some of the more popular wines with recommended food pairing.
| Wine/Food | Sauvignon/ Fume Blanc | Chardonnay | Riesling/Gewurztraminer Dessert and Sweet Wines |
Pinot Noir | Syrah/Shiraz | Merlot | Meritage and Red Blends | Cabernet Sauvignon | Red Zinfandel |
| Cheese/Nuts |
feta chevre pine nuts |
Aslago
Havarti almonds |
Havarti
Gouda Colby candied walnuts |
goat cheese
Brie walnuts |
sharp cheddar
Roquefort hazelnuts |
Parmesan
Romano chestnuts |
blue cheese
Camembert toasted cashews |
Cheddar
Gorgonzola walnuts |
ripe brie
aged cheese roasted pecans |
| Meat/Fowl |
chicken/turkey
|
veal
chicken pork loin shellfish sushi |
smoked Sausage
duck lamb smoked salmon AsianFood |
lamb
sausage filet mignon roasted chicken grilled tuna orange roughy sushi with salmon swordfish |
roast game
pepperoni spicy sausage |
grilled meats hamburger steak beef Indian Food |
BBQ
sausage pizza duck |
venison
ribeye beef stew roast beef pastas red sauce |
BBQ
pork spicy sausage beef duck Indian Food |
| Seafood |
sole oysters scallops |
halibut
shrimp crab calamari clams mussels oysters |
sea bass
trout |
orange roughy
tune |
salmon | grilled swordfish tuna | tuna
grilled shark |
grilled tuna | blackened fish |
| Veggies/Fruit |
citrus green apple asparagus salads
|
potato
apple squash mango humus |
apricots
chili peppers peaers |
mushrooms
dried fruit figs strawberries |
currants
stewed tomatoes beets |
caramelized onions tomatoes
plums |
bell pepper
roasted shallots boysenberry plums |
black cherries
broccoli tomatoes |
cranberries
grilled peppers eggplant |
| Herb/Spice |
chives tarragon cilantro
|
tarragon
sesame basil |
rosemary
ginger |
nutmeg
cinnamon clove |
oregano
sage |
mint
rosemary juniper |
black pepper
rosemary oregano |
rosemary
juniper lavendar |
pepper
nutmeg |
| Sauces |
citrus light
|
cream
pesto |
sweet BBQ
spicy chutney |
mushroom
light-medium red sauce |
heavy
red BBQ |
bolognese
bearnaise |
bearnaise
marinara mushroom |
brown
tomato |
spicy
Cajun salsa |
| Desserts |
sorbet key lime pie |
banana bread
vanilla pudding |
apple pie
caramel sauce Chocolate |
creme brulee
white chocolate |
Black forest cake
rhubarb pie |
dark chocolate fondue
berries |
dark chocolate
berry cobbler |
bittersweet dark chocolate
espresso gelato |
spice cake
gingerbread carrot cake |
