Holiday Wine Pairing Guide Best Wines for the 4th of July Cookout The best wine for the 4th of July is not one specific bottle. It depends on what is on the grill, how hot it is outside, and whether … Read More
Ham Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Ham Ham is one of the more wine-friendly holiday meats because it is salty, savory, sometimes smoky, and often sweet from a glaze. That combination usually works better with wines that have fruit, … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Salad Salad can absolutely pair with wine, but it is one of the easiest foods to get wrong if you only think about the protein. The dressing, acidity, herbs, cheese, fruit, nuts, vegetables, and … Read More
Seafood Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Salmon Salmon is one of the best fish for wine pairing because it has more richness, fat, color, and flavor than delicate white fish. That means salmon can pair with white wine, rosé, … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Curry Pairing wine with curry can be tricky because “curry” is not one single dish. It can mean Indian butter chicken, Thai green curry, Japanese katsu curry, Malaysian curry, coconut curry, tomato-based curry, spicy … Read More
Vegetarian Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Vegetables and Vegetarian Dishes Pairing wine with vegetables is not as simple as saying “white wine with vegetables.” The best wine depends on the vegetable, how it is cooked, the sauce, the seasoning, … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Pairing Wine With Tamales Tamales are one of the more interesting Mexican foods to pair with wine because the pairing is not just about the filling. The masa, lard or fat, salsa, spice level, cheese, beans, pork, … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Butter Chicken Wine Pairing Butter chicken is one of the most wine-friendly Indian dishes because the sauce is rich, creamy, gently spiced, slightly sweet, and built around tomato, butter, cream, yogurt-marinated chicken, garlic, ginger, cumin, and garam … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Chicken Tikka Masala Wine Pairing Chicken tikka masala is one of the easier Indian dishes to enjoy with wine because the sauce gives you several pairing hooks: tomato, cream, butter, garam masala, garlic, ginger, coriander, and mild-to-medium … Read More
Wine Pairing Guide Chicken Biryani Wine Pairing Chicken biryani is one of the more interesting Indian dishes to pair with wine because it is not just about chicken. The rice, whole spices, fried onions, yogurt, chili heat, herbs, saffron, cardamom, … Read More