Wine Pairings: Red
Wines
| Whether you’re at a restaurant or hosting a dinner party, it can be difficult to select the perfect wine to sip with your meal. A good pairing will bring balance to the dish and enhance the flavors of both the food and the wine. Following are our expert suggestions on what foods to pair with red wines, from Cabernet Sauvignon to Merlot. |
BARBERA
Antipasto, carpaccio (beef), cold meats, pasta with tomato sauce,
pasta with vegetables, pizza, hamburger, rabbit, sausage, veal,
moussaka
CABERNET
FRANC
Paté, Couscous
CABERNET
SAUVIGNON
Chicken, steak, duck, lamb, venison, hamburger, soft or hard goat
cheese, hard cow and sheep cheese, chocolate, berries
CHANCELLOR
Lamb (grilled or broiled), venison, hamburger
CHIANTI
Pasta with tomato sauce, pizza, most Italian foods
GAMAY BEAUJOLAIS
Chicken, ham, turkey, sausage, antipasto, cold meats, crudité,
pasta with vegetables, paté, quiche, hamburger, frankfurters,
curry (chicken or fish), spicy Mexican foods
MERITAGE
Steak, lamb
MERLOT
Chicken, steak, turkey, tuna, duck, ham, lamb, rabbit, veal, couscous,
moussaka, spicy Chinese foods, soft or hard goat cheese
NORTON
Steak, venison, sausage
PETITE
SIRAH
Venison, couscous, medium and hard cow cheese, medium and hard
sheep cheese
PINOT
NOIR
Salmon, tuna, scallops, swordfish, chicken, duck, lamb, pheasant,
quail, rabbit, venison, foie gras, soft or hard goat cheese, medium
cow and sheep cheese
SANGIOVESE
Pizza, moussaka
SYRAH
Steak, sausage, venison, hamburger, pheasant, couscous, hard goat
cheese
ZINFANDEL
Chicken, steak, turkey, duck, lamb, rabbit, hamburger, sausage,
venison, curry (chicken or fish), moussaka, pizza, hard cow and
sheep cheese
Wine Education
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(Updated: 06/24/09 SV) |
