Pairings
Drinks
ACIDIC WINE (E.G., WHITES SUCH AS WHITE BORDEAUX, CHAMPAGNE, CHENIN BLANC, ITALIAN WHITE WINE, MUSCADET, PINOT GRIGIO / PINOT GRIS, RIESLING, SANCERRE, SAUVIGNON BLANC, VINHO VERDE, VOUVRAY; REDS SUCH AS BEAUJOLAIS, RED BURGUNDY, CHIANTI, GAMA
ACIDIC WINE (E.G., WHITES SUCH AS WHITE BORDEAUX, CHAMPAGNE, CHENIN BLANC, ITALIAN WHITE WINE, MUSCADET, PINOT GRIGIO / PINOT GRIS, RIESLING, SANCERRE, SAUVIGNON BLANC, VINHO VERDE, VOUVRAY; REDS SUCH AS BEAUJOLAIS, RED BURGUNDY, CHIANTI, GAMAY, PINOT NOIR, SANGIOVESE)
AGED WINE
AGLIANICO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM BASILICATA)
AGUA FRESCA (MEXICAN FRUIT ADE WITH LIME OR LEMON)
ALBARINO (SPANISH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM GALACIA)
ALE (TOP-FERMENTED, MADE FROM MALT AND HOPS; SEE ALSO BEER, PORTER, STOUT)
ALE, AMBER (TOP-FERMENTED, AMBER TO DEEP RED IN COLOR)
ALE, BROWN (AMERICAN OR ENGLISH, FULL-BODIED, LOW IN HOPS)
ALE, INDIA PALE (DRY, STRONG, HIGHLY HOPPED)
ALE, NUT BROWN (DRY, CARAMELIZED MALT ALE)
ALE, PALE (TOP-FERMENTED, FULL-BODIED, VERY HIGH IN HOPS)
ALE, SCOTTISH (TOP-FERMENTED, CARAMELIZED WORT)
ALE, SPICED (I.E., FLAVORED WITH SPICES, E.G., CINNAMON)
ALIGOTE (FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
ALSATIAN WINE (SEE ALSO GEWURZTRAMINER, MUSCAT, PINOT BLANC, PINOT GRIS, RIESLING, SYLVANER, ETC.)
ALVARINHO (SEE VINHO VERDE; ALBARINO)
AMARONE (ITALIAN DRY, FULL-FLAVORED, FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE VENETO REGION)
AQUAVIT (FLAVORED VODKA)
ARMAGNAC (DEEP-COLORED BRANDY FROM SOUTHWEST FRANCE)
ARNEIS (ITALIAN LIGHT-TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
ASTI (ITALIAN LIGHT DRY TO SEMISWEET SPARKLING WINEóFORMERLY KNOWN AS ASTI SPUMANTEóFROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
AUSTRALIAN WINE
BANDOL (FRENCH PROVENCAL WINE)
BANDOL, RED (FULL-BODIED)
BANDOL, ROSE (MEDIUM-BODIED)
BANDOL, WHITE (LIGHT-BODIED, DRY)
BANYULS (FRENCH FULL-BODIED SWEET RED WINE FROM THE ROUSSILLON REGION)
BARBARESCO (ITALIAN DRY, FULL-FLAVORED RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LIGHTER BAROLO)
BARBERA (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED, HIGH-ACID, FRUITY RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
BARDOLINO (ITALIAN, LIGHT-BODIED, DRY RED WINE FROM THE SOUTHEAST AREA OF LAKE GARDA IN VERONA)
BARLEY WINE (TOP-FERMENTED, EXTRA-STRONG, DARK, RICH ALE)
BAROLO (ITALIAN DRY, BITTER, TANNIC, FULL-FLAVORED RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
BARSAC (FRENCH WHITE DESSERT WINE; SEE ALSO SAUTERNES)
BEAUJOLAIS (FRENCH DRY, LIGHT-BODIED, RED WINE MADE FROM GAMAY GRAPES; SEE ALSO BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU AND BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES)
BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (TWO-MONTH-OLD FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE, OUT IN NOVEMBER)
BEAUJOLAIS-VILLAGES (FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE THAT IS CONSIDERED A NOTCH ABOVE REGULAR BEAUJOLAIS)
BEER, (ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE MADE FROM FERMENTABLE SUGARS, HOPS, WATER, AND YEAST; SEE ALSO ALE, LAGER, PILSNER, PORTER, STOUT)
BEER, BLANCHE (LIGHT-BODIED TOP-FERMENTED WHITE BEER)
BEER, BOCK (GERMAN MALTY, FULL-BODIED, BOTTOM-FERMENTING)
BEER, BOCK DOUBLE (DOPPEL-BOCK, GERMAN VERY MALTY, FULL-BODIED, BOTTOM-FERMENTING)
BEER, FRUIT (FRUIT LAMBIC BEER, TYPICALLY LOW IN ALCOHOL WITH INTENSE FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS)
BEER, HEFE WEIZEN (SUMMER-BREWED WHEAT BEER WITH A SWEET-AND-SOUR QUALITY)
BEER, OKTOBERFEST (GERMAN LAGER WITH A BREAD AROMA AND GOLDEN COLOR)
BEER, SAISON (MEDIUM-BODIED, HIGHLY-HOPPED SPICY BEER WITH CITRUS NOTES)
BEER, SMOKED (BEER WITH SMOKY FLAVORS AND AROMAS; E.G., GERMAN RAUCHBIER)
BEER, WHEAT (PRIMARILY GERMAN AND BELGIAN; LIGHT IN COLOR AND FLAVOR; AKA WEIZEN BIER)
BLAUFRANKISCH (AUSTRIAN RED WINE)
BLOODY MARY (SPICED TOMATO JUICE AND VODKA COCKTAIL)
BONNEZEAUX (FRENCH DESSERT WINE FROM COTEAUX DE LAYON)
BORDEAUX, RED (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WINE; SEE ALSO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, GRAVES, MEDOC, POMEROL, SAINT-EMILION, ETC.)
BORDEAUX, WHITE (FRENCH DRY, LIGHT-BODIED WINE; SEE ALSO SAUVIGNON BLANC)
BRACHETTO D'ACQUI (ITALIAN SWEET RED SPARKLING WINE)
BRUNELLO (ITALIAN DRY, MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM TUSCANY AKA BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO)
BURGUNDY, RED (SEE ALSO PINOT NOIR)
BURGUNDY, WHITE (MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED; SEE ALSO CHARDONNAY, CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, MEURSAULT, POUILLY-FUISSE, PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, ETC.)
CABERNET FRANC (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX AND THE LOIRE VALLEY)
CABERNET SAUVIGNON (FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
CAHORS (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE SOUTHWEST)
CALVADOS (APPLE BRANDY FROM NORMANDY)
CANNONAU (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED, GRENACHE-BASED, RED WINE FROM SARDINIA)
CASSIS (FRENCH WHITE WINE FROM PROVENCE)
CAVA (SPANISH MEDIUM-BODIED SPARKLING WINE FROM CATALONIA)
CAVA, ROSE
CAVA, WHITE
CHABLIS (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED CHARDONNAY-BASED WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
CHAMPAGNE (CARBONATED WINE FROM SECONDARY FERMENTATION, USUALLY MEDIUM-BODIED; SEE ALSO CAVA, PROSECCO, AND SPARKLING WINE)
CHAMPAGNE, BLANC DE BLANCS (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH 100 PERCENT CHARDONNAY GRAPES)
CHAMPAGNE, BLANC DE NOIRS (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH 100 PERCENT PINOT NOIR GRAPES)
CHAMPAGNE, BRUT (DRY)
CHAMPAGNE, DEMI-SEC (SWEET)
CHAMPAGNE, DOUX (SWEETEST)
CHAMPAGNE, ROSE (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH PINOT NOIR AND/OR PINOT MEUNIER GRAPES)
CHAMPAGNE, SEC (SLIGHTLY SWEET)
CHARBONO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED, RICH, RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
CHARDONNAY (MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED, RICH, COMPLEX WHITE WINE PRODUCED IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD)
CHARDONNAY, AUSTRALIAN
CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA, FULL-BODIED (AND OAKIEST)
CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA, LIGHT-BODIED (AND MOST MINERALLY)
CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA, MEDIUM-BODIED
CHARDONNAY, ITALIAN (FULL-BODIED)
CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY; SEE ALSO BURGUNDY, WHITE)
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY; SPICY, DENSE, EARTHY, RICH)
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, WHITE
CHENIN BLANC (FRENCH LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED CRISP, ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
CHIANTI (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE)
CHILEAN WINES (WHICH HAVE A MEATY SMOKINESS TO THEM)
CHILLED WINE
CHIMAY (UNPASTEURIZED, FULL-BODIED BELGIAN ALE MADE BY TRAPPIST MONKS)
CHINON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY, MADE WITH CABERNET FRANC; SEE ALSO CABERNET FRANC)
CIDER, HARD (ALCOHOLIC FERMENTED APPLE JUICE)
CIDER, SWEET (NON-ALCOHOLIC FRESH-PRESSED APPLE JUICE)
CIRO ROSSO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM CALABRIA)
CLARET (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX, MADE MAINLY FROM CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, AND CABERNET FRANC; SMALL AMOUNTS OF MALBEC AND PETIT VERDOT ARE ALSO USED)
COFFEE
COFFEE, AFRICAN (E.G., ETHIOPIAN, WHICH PRODUCES LIGHTER-BODIED, MILDER COFFEES WITH FLORAL AND BERRY NOTES)
COFFEE, AGED (WHICH IMPARTS SPICY COMPONENTS TO ITS FLAVOR)
COFFEE, ASIAN PACIFIC (E.G., FROM INDONESIA, JAVA, SUMATRA; BIG, BOLD COFFEE WITH LOWER ACIDITY)
COFFEE, CENTRAL AND LATIN AMERICAN (I.E., MORE SUBTLE, ROUNDED COFFEE WITH CRISP, CLEAN ACIDITY)
COFFEE, DARK-ROASTED (E.G., ITALIAN, FRENCH, VIENNA ROAST; GREEN COFFEE BEANS ARE ROASTED, PRODUCING A ìSECOND CRACKî IN THE BEAN AND RELEASING SUGARS THAT CARAMELIZE; VERY LITTLE ACIDITY AND BITTERSWEET)
COFFEE, ESPRESSO
COFFEE, FRENCH ROAST
COFFEE, ICED (MADE WITH EAST COFFEE, AFRICAN)
COFFEE, ITALIAN ROAST
COFFEE, KENYAN
COFFEE, LIGHT-ROASTED (E.G., KENYAN, MOCHA JAVA; BRIGHT, ACIDIC, TOASTED GRAIN TASTE)
COFFEE, MEDIUM-ROASTED (E.G., COSTA RICAN, GUATEMALAN, VIENNESE; ACIDIC AND BRIGHT, BUT LACKS GRAIN TASTE)
COGNAC OR COGNAC-BASED COCKTAILS
CONDRIEU (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY, MADE WITH VIOGNIER GRAPES; FRUITY AND FLORAL PERFUME)
CORTON-CHARLEMAGNE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
COTE-ROTIE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
COTEAUX DU LAYON (FRENCH SEMISWEET OR SWEET WHITE WINE MADE FROM CHENIN BLANC GRAPES)
COTES DU RHONE (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY; DARK FRUIT AND LICORICE WITH MODERATE TANNINS)
CROZES-HERMITAGE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
DESSERT WINE (E.G., MOSCATO D'ASTI, VIN DE GLACIERE, ETC.)
DOLCETTO (ITALIAN LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
DOURO (PORTUGUESE MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE; RUBY RED HUE, AND TOBACCO, CEDAR, AND CHERRY AROMAS)
EARTHY, FLINTY, MINERALLY WINE
EAU DE VIE (ALCOHOL FLAVORED WITH FRUIT, E.G., PEAR, RASPBERRY)
ENTRE-DEUX-MERS (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE BORDEAUX REGION; FRESH AND FRUITY DRY WINE WITH GRAPEFRUIT, LYCHEE, AND PEACH AROMAS)
ESPRESSO
FALANGHINA (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM CAMPAGNA)
FIANO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED, DRY, AROMATIC WHITE WINE FROM CAMPAGNA)
FRAMBOISE LAMBIC BEER (RASPBERRY-FLAVORED BEER FROM BELGIUM)
FRASCATI (ITALIAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE ROME REGION)
FRUIT JUICE, SPARKLING (NON-ALCOHOLIC FRUIT JUICE MIXED WITH SPARKLING WATER)
FRUITY WINE
FULL-BODIED RED WINE
FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE
FUME BLANC (SEE SAUVIGNON BLANC)
GALESTRO (ITALIAN LIGHT-BODIED, FRUITY WHITE WINE FROM TUSCANY)
GAMAY (SEE BEAUJOLAIS)
GAVI (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION, MADE WITH CORTESE; NOTES OF CITRUS, GRASS, NUTS)
GEWURZTRAMINER (MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE; VERY AROMATIC WITH TROPICAL FRUITS OF LYCHEE AND PASSION FRUIT AND PERFUMED FLOWERS)
GEWURZTRAMINER, LATE HARVEST (WHITE DESSERT WINE; GOLDEN AMBER COLOR, APRICOT AND HONEY AROMAS, SWEET WITH A BALANCE OF ACIDITY)
GIGONDAS (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY; BLACK CHERRY, PLUM, SWEET HERB, AND MUSHROOM AROMAS)
GIN AND GIN COCKTAILS
GINGER ALE (GINGER-FLAVORED SOFT DRINK)
GRAVES (AN APPELLATION IN BORDEAUX, FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE; CURRANT, RIPE BLACK FRUIT, AND TOBACCO CHARACTERISTICS AND A BLACKISH PURPLE HUE; MOST FAMOUS WINERY IS CHATEAU HAUT-BRION)
GRECO DI TUFO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM AVELLINO; CLEAN, PLEASANT, DRY)
GRENACHE (RED GRAPE GROWN IN FRANCE AND SPAIN; VERY FRUITY WITH BLACKBERRY SWEETNESS AND HINTS OF PEPPER; THE KEY GRAPE IN CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, IT IS OFTEN USED TO MAKE ROSE AND VEGA SICILIA; SEE ALSO CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE)
GRUNER VELTLINER (AUSTRIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE; VERY FRUITY WITH LYCHEE, CELERY, AND WHITE PEPPER CHARACTERISTICS)
HERBACEOUS WINE (E.G., GRASSY SAUVIGNON BLANC)
HERMITAGE, RED (SPICY, FRUITY, TANNIC)
HERMITAGE, WHITE
HIGH-ALCOHOL WINE (I.E., WINES WITH MORE THAN 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL; E.G., BARBARESCO, BAROLO, MANY CALIFORNIA WINES)
HIGH-TANNIN WINE (I.E., YOUNG RED WINES; E.G., BAROLO, BARBARESCO, RED BORDEAUX, CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, SYRAH, ZINFANDEL)
ICE WINE (SWEET WHITE WINE MADE FROM GRAPES THAT HAVE BEEN NATURALLY FROZEN ON THE VINE THEN PICKED; PEAR, APRICOT, APPLE FLAVORS; VERY RICH; MADE IN AUSTRIA, GERMANY, CANADA, AND NEW YORK'S FINGER LAKES REGION; AKA EISWEIN)
JURANCON (FRENCH WHITE WINE FROM THE SOUTHWEST REGION, CAN BE DRY OR SWEET IN STYLE; VERY FRESH AND AROMATIC WHEN DRY, EXOTIC FRUIT AND HONEY AROMAS WHEN SWEET AND AGED)
LAGER (TOP-FERMENTING BEER BREWED PRIMARILY FROM MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, AND WATER; LIGHT IN COLOR, HIGH IN CARBONATION WITH A MILD HOP FLAVOR)
LAGER, AMBER (TOP-FERMENTING, WITH MORE MALT THAN A LAGER; LIGHT TOASTED MALT WITH A GENTLE CREAMINESS)
LAGER, DARK (TOP-FERMENTING, WITH SWEETISH NOTES AND HINTS OF CHOCOLATE; MALT ACCENTS WITH LOW HOP BITTERNESS)
LAGER, VIENNA (AUSTRIAN LAGER, AMBER WITH A YEASTY AROMA)
LAMBRUSCO (ITALIAN LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION; STRAWBERRY, RASPBERRY, AND CHERRY FLAVORS WITH LIGHT SPARKLE AND CLEAN FINISH)
LATE HARVEST SAUVIGNON BLANC (FROM THE NEW WORLD, SWEET, PRIMARILY FROM CALIFORNIA AND CHILE)
LATE HARVEST WINE (MADE FROM GRAPES LEFT ON THE VINE LONGER THAN USUAL; VERY RIPE, SUGAR-FILLED GRAPES PRODUCE SWEET DESSERT WINES)
LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE (E.G., PINOT NOIR)
LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE (E.G., LIGHT RIESLING AND SAUVIGNON BLANC)
LILLET (FRENCH SWEET APERITIF WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
LOCOROTONDO (ITALIAN WHITE WINE)
LOW-ACID WINE (E.G., GEWURZTRAMINER, PINOT GRIS, MANY ITALIAN WINES)
LOW-ALCOHOL WINE (I.E., WINES WITH LESS THAN 12 PERCENT ALCOHOL; E.G., GERMAN RIESLING, SPANISH TXAKOLI)
LOW-TANNIN WINE (E.G., BARBERA, BEAUJOLAIS, DOLCETTO, LOIRE VALLEY WHITE, PINOT GRIGIO, PINOT NOIR, RIESLING, VALPOLICELLA)
MACON, WHITE (FRENCH WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
MADEIRA (FORTIFIED WHITE WINE FROM THE ISLAND OF MADEIRA, SOUTHWEST OF PORTUGAL; FLAVORS OF CARAMEL WITH A WALNUT FINISH)
MADIRAN (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM THE SOUTHWEST BLACK FRUIT, SPICE, AND GRILLED BREAD CHARACTERISTICS)
MALAGA (FORTIFIED WINE FROM THE SPANISH REGION IN ANDALUCIA, VERY SMALL PRODUCTION; NUTTY AND MEDIUM-DRY TO SMOKY AND RAISINY SWEET)
MALBEC (ARGENTINIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE; RICH IN TANNINS WITH DRIED FRUIT, BLACK CURRANTS, AND PLUM; ALSO GROWN IN BORDEAUX AND CAHORS)
MARGARITA (COCKTAIL OF TEQUILA, TRIPLE SEC OR COINTREAU, AND FRESH LIME JUICE OVER ICE; NAMED AFTER THE WOMAN WHO CREATED THE COCKTAIL)
MARGAUX (SEE MEDOC)
MARSALA (ITALIAN FORTIFIED DESSERT WINE; DARK AMBER IN COLOR, WITH A RICH, SMOKY FLAVOR; VARIES FROM DRY TO SWEET)
MARSANNE (FRENCH WHITE GRAPE PRODUCING WINE WITH VERY STRONG ALCOHOL CONTENT; FLAVORS OF PLUM, CARAMEL, AND PINEAPPLE)
MAURY (FRENCH FORTIFIED RED WINE FROM THE LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON REGION; FRUITY, WITH BLACK PLUM, BLACK TRUFFLE AND BLACKBERRY CHARACTERISTICS; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BANYULS)
MEDOC (AREA IN BORDEAUX PRODUCING MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE OF BLACK PURPLE HUE, BIG CHEWY TANNINS, AND RICH PLUMMY AROMAS)
MERCUREY BLANC (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY; DRY AND REFRESHING, CLEAN AND BRIGHT WITH CITRUS AND CREAM)
MERITAGE (AMERICAN RED WINE MADE IN THE STYLE OF BORDEAUX; BLENDING OF CABERNET SAUVIGNON, MERLOT, CABERNET FRANC, MALBEC, AND PETIT VERDOT)
MERLOT (MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE WITH HINTS OF BERRY, PLUM, AND CURRANT; FULL-FLAVORED)
MEURSAULT (FRENCH MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
MOJITOS (COCKTAIL MADE FROM RUM, LIME JUICE, SUGAR, AND MINT)
MONASTRELL (THICK-SKINNED GRAPE THAT MAKES SPANISH MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE; LOTS OF TANNIN, BLACKBERRY, SPICE, PEPPER, AND LEATHER NUANCES; SEE ALSO MOURVEDRE)
MONTEPULCIANO D'ABRUZZO (ITALIAN MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE; RUBY-RED VIOLET HUE, BLACK CHERRY AND LICORICE AROMAS, CHEWY TANNINS, AND BALANCED ACIDITY)
MONTRACHET (SEE BURGUNDY, WHITE)
MOSCATO D'ASTI (ITALIAN SWEET SEMI-SPARKLING WHITE WINE FROM THE PIEDMONT REGION)
MOSCHOFILERO (GREEK WHITE WINE; DRY, CITRUSY)
MOURVEDRE (PRIMARY GRAPE IN BANDOL RED AND ROSE WINES; FRENCH GRAPE PRODUCES MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE; SEE ALSO BANDOL AND MONASTRELL)
MULLER-THURGAU (GERMAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE; DESCRIBED AS A CROSS BETWEEN RIESLING AND SYLVANER)
MUSCADET (FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY; ITS WHITE GRAPE HAS CITRUS, GREEN APPLE, AND SALT CHARACTERISTICS; AKA MELON DE BOURGOGNE)
MUSCADINE (NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPE GROWN IN THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES)
MUSCAT (FRAGRANT DESSERT WINE OF SPICE AND PEACH; SLIGHTLY UNCTUOUS, COMPLEX, AND LIQUEUR-LIKE WITH HINTS OF CANDIED ORANGE PEEL)
MUSCAT, BLACK (RED GRAPE WITH CHOCOLATE, ROSE, AND ORANGE CHARACTERISTICS; AKA MUSCAT HAMBURG)
MUSCAT, DE BEAUMES DE VENISE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED FORTIFIED WHITE DESSERT WINE FROM THE RHONE REGION)
MUSCAT, LATE HARVEST (SWEET DESSERT WINE WITH CARAMEL, DRIED PEAR, AND APPLE AROMAS, BALANCED WITH ACIDITY)
MUSCAT, LIQUEUR (AUSTRALIAN LIQUEUR WITH PERFUME OF ORANGE, RAISINS, AND HONEY)
MUSCAT, ORANGE (WHITE GRAPE ORIGINATING IN ITALY; CONCENTRATED HONEY, ORANGE BLOSSOM NOSE, CRISP ACIDITY)
MUSIGNY (FRENCH MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
NAVARRA (AREA IN NORTHERN SPAIN PRODUCING MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE WITH CHERRY, CEDAR, AND CIGAR AROMAS AND SPICY TANNINS)
NEBBIOLO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WINE FROM GRAPES GROWN IN THE PIEDMONT AREA; DOMINANT GRAPE IN BARBARESCO AND BAROLO; WITH MUSHROOM, VIOLET, AND BLACK CURRANT CHARACTERISTICS; SEE ALSO BARBARESCO AND BAROLO)
NEGROAMARO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM PUGLIA)
NERO D'AVOLA (ITALIAN LOW-ACID MEDIUM-TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM SICILY)
NEW WORLD WINE (E.G., BEYOND EUROPE)
OAKY WINE (E.G., CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIA)
OLD WORLD WINE (ESP. BORDEAUX, CHARDONNAY, PINOT NOIR)
ORVIETO (ITALIAN LIGHT-TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE UMBRIA REGION)
PAUILLAC (FRENCH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
PETITE SIRAH (NEW WORLD FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
PICOLIT (ITALIAN DESSERT WINE MADE FROM DRIED GRAPES, FROM THE FRIULI REGION)
PILSNER (DRY BEER WITH PRONOUNCED HOPPY TASTE, FROM THE CZECH REPUBLIC)
PINOT BIANCO (ITALIAN LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE)
PINOT BLANC (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, ESP. ALSATIAN AND CALIFORNIA; SIMILAR TO CHARDONNAY)
PINOT GRIGIO / PINOT GRIS (NORTHERN ITALIAN LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE BEST DRUNK YOUNG; PINOT GRIS, FROM THE WESTERN UNITED STATES, IS SIMILAR BUT FULLER-BODIED; ALSATIAN PINOT GRIS IS THE FULLEST-BODIED OF ALL AND ALSO KNOWN AS TOKAY D'ALSACE)
PINOT GRIGIO, LATE HARVEST (FRENCH FULL-BODIED DESSERT WINE FROM ALSACE)
PINOT NOIR (FRENCH, CALIFORNIAN, AND OREGONIAN LIGHT- TO FULL-BODIED FRUITY RED WINE)
PINOTAGE (SOUTH AFRICAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
POMMARD (FRENCH RED WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
PORT (PORTUGUESE FORTIFIED SWEET WINE FROM OPORTO, USUALLY RED)
PORT, RUBY (PORTUGUESE YOUNG, RED, NONPORT, VINTAGE)
PORT, TAWNY (NONVINTAGE RED PORT AGED IN WOOD)
PORT, VINTAGE (A BLEND OF RED PORT GRAPES FROM A YEAR DECLARED A VINTAGE YEAR)
PORTER (BRITISH DARK, SWEET ALE; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STOUT)
POUILLY-FUISSE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
POUILLY-FUME (FRENCH DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
PRIMITIVO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM PUGLIA; SIMILAR TO AMERICAN ZINFANDEL)
PRIORAT (SPANISH FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM CATALONIA)
PROSECCO, ROSE
PROSECCO, WHITE
PULIGNY-MONTRACHET (FRENCH FULL-BODIED DRY WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY; SEE ALSO BURGUNDY, WHITE)
QUARTS DE CHAUME (FRENCH SWEET WHITE DESSERT WINE MADE WITH DRIED GRAPES FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
RECIOTO (ITALIAN SWEET RED WINE MADE WITH DRIED GRAPES FROM THE VENETO REGION)
RETSINA (GREEK STRONG RED OR WHITE WINE, WITH PINE RESIN ADDED DURING FERMENTATION)
RHONE, RED (FRENCH, MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED)
RHONE, WHITE (FRENCH, FULL-BODIED WINE FROM THE NORTHERN RHONE; E.G., VIOGNIER)
RIBEIRO (SPANISH LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE)
RIBERA DEL DUERO (SPANISH FULL-BODED RED WINE)
RIESLING (GERMAN AND ALSATIAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF SWEETNESS; SLIGHTLY SWEET WITH FRUIT)
RIESLING, AUSLESE (GERMAN WHITE SWEET DESSERT WINE)
RIESLING, BEERENAUSLESE (GERMAN WHITE SWEET DESSERT WINE MADE FROM GRAPES SHRIVELED ON THE VINE)
RIESLING, EISWEIN (GERMAN OR CANADIAN WHITE SWEET DESSERT WINE MADE FROM GRAPES FROZEN ON THE VINE -- AKA ICE WINE)
RIESLING, EISWEIN (GERMAN OR CANADIAN WHITE SWEET DESSERT WINE MADE FROM GRAPES FROZEN ON THE VINE--AKA ICE WINE)
RIESLING, KABINETT (DRIEST GERMAN RIESLING)
RIESLING, LATE HARVEST (GERMAN SWEET WHITE WINE)
RIESLING, SPATLESE (GERMAN MEDIUM-BODIED, OFF-DRY TO SWEET, WHITE WINE)
RIESLING, TROCKENBEERENAUSLESE (GERMAN SWEET DESSERT WHITE WINE MADE FROM LATEST POSSIBLE HARVEST)
RIOJA, RED (SPANISH, MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED)
RIOJA, WHITE (SPANISH, LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED)
RODITIS (GREEK LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE)
ROOT BEER (NONALCOHOLIC CARBONATED BEVERAGE)
ROSADO (SPANISH LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED ROSE WINE)
ROSE (LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED PINK WINE TYPICALLY MADE FROM RED GRAPES; LIGHT-COLORED BECAUSE OF MINIMAL CONTACT WITH GRAPE SKINS; SEE ALSO ROSADO)
ROUSSANNE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
SAGRANTINO (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED RED WINE FROM UMBRIA)
SAINT-EMILION (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
SAKE (JAPANESE RICE WINE)
SAKE, AGED (FULL-BODIED, RICH; SOME ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KOSHU)
SAKE, DAIGINJO (MEDIUM-BODIED, AROMATIC, DELICATE, SMOOTH, YET RICH)
SAKE, DRY
SAKE, GINJO (AROMATIC, SMOOTH, LIGHT-BODIED)
SAKE, HONJOZO (LIGHTER, RICHER STYLE)
SAKE, JUNMAI (RICH, MEDIUM-BODIED)
SAKE, JUNMAI GINJO
SAKE, KIJOSHU (SWEET, PORT-LIKE)
SAKE, NAMA ZAKE (LIGHTEST-BODIED, VERY SOFT, UNPASTEURIZED)
SAKE, SPARKLING
SAKE, SWEET
SAKE, UNFILTERED (SOMETIMES HAS THE APPEARANCE OF MILKY WATER)
SANCERRE (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED ACIDIC WHITE WINE MADE FROM SAUVIGNON BLANC GRAPES FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY; SEE ALSO SAUVIGNON BLANC)
SANGIOVESE (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE, PRIMARILY FROM TUSCANY; SEE ALSO CHIANTI, BRUNELLO DI MONTALCINO, ETC.)
SAUTERNES (FRENCH WHITE DESSERT WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
SAUVIGNON BLANC (NEW WORLD LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED ACIDIC WHITE WINE; SOMETIMES GRASSY, CITRUSY, AND/OR WITH SLIGHT OAK)
SAVENNIERES (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED DRY WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
SCHEUREBE (GERMAN MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE)
SCOTCH, SINGLE MALT (E.G., DALWHINNIE); SINGLE-MALT SCOTCH IS MADE AT A SINGLE DISTILLERY, AND USES MALT BARLEY AS ITS ONLY GRAIN)
SEMILLON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, USUALLY FROM GRAVES IN BORDEAUX; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BORDEAUX, WHITE, AND SAUVIGNON BLANC)
SEMILLON, LATE HARVEST (NEW WORLD SWEET DESSERT WINE, MADE IN STYLE OF SAUTERNES)
SHANDY (BEER MIXED WITH LEMONADE AND A SPLASH OF SODA)
SHERRY, (SPANISH FORTIFIED WHITE WINE FROM JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA; MUST BE CONSUMED SOON AFTER BOTTLE IS OPENED)
SHERRY, AMONTILLADO (AGED SHERRY, FINO FROM ANDALUCIA; SERVE COOLER THAN ROOM TEMPERATURE; CONSUME SOON AFTER OPENING)
SHERRY, CREAM (BLEND OF SWEET AND DRY SHERRIES)
SHERRY, FINO (VERY DRY SHERRY; AGED BETWEEN SIX AND NINE YEARS; SERVE VERY WELL CHILLED)
SHERRY, MANZANILLA (VERY DRY SHERRY; MADE ONLY IN SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA)
SHERRY, OLOROSO (FULLER-BODIED)
SHERRY, PX (SWEET, DARK, UNCTUOUS; FROM JEREZ; AKA PEDRO XIMINEZ)
SHERRY, SWEET (FULL-BODIED, SWEET, MADE BY BLENDING A SWEET GRAPE INTO OLOROSO)
SHIRAZ, SPARKLING (AUSTRALIAN SPARKLING WINE, WHICH RANGES FROM DRY TO SWEET)
SHIRAZ/SYRAH (FULL-BODIED RED WINE MADE FROM THE SYRAH GRAPE; SHIRAZ IS MADE EXCLUSIVELY IN AUSTRALIA)
SILVANER (SEE SYLVANER/SILVANER)
SOAVE (ITALIAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE VENETO REGION; SOAVE CLASSICO IS MORE MEDIUM-BODIED)
SPARKLING WINE (SPARKLING WINE NOT MADE IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION OF FRANCE; E.G., SPANISH CAVA, ITALIAN PROSECCO, GERMAN SEKT, ETC.; SEE ALSO CHAMPAGNE, CAVA, PROSECCO, VOUVRAY, SPARKLING, ETC.)
STOUT (IRISH BLACK, FULL-BODIED, DARK BEER WITH DARK BROWN HEAD)
STOUT, CREAM (OFF-DRY)
STOUT, DRY
STOUT, IMPERIAL (BRITISH, ORIGINALLY BREWED FOR ST. PETERSBURG COURT; BLACK TO TAR-COLORED, THICK ROASTED FLAVOR)
STOUT, IMPERIAL STYLE (WITH A PRONOUNCED CHOCOLATE FLAVOR)
STOUT, OATMEAL (BRITISH, DARK, MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED, MADE WITH OATMEAL; RANGING FROM MORE ROASTED TO SWEET)
STOUT, OYSTER (BRITISH, SWEET)
STOUT, SWEET (BRITISH, MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED, ALMOST CREAMY AND MILD)
SUPER TUSCAN (ITALIAN MEDIUM TO FULL-BODIED BLENDED RED WINE)
SWEET WINE (E.G., ASTI, SOME CHARDONNAY, CALIFORNIAS, CHENIN BLANC, GERMAN WINE, LAMBRUSCO, LATE HARVEST WINE, PORT, RIESLING, SAUTERNES, SHERRY, VOUVRAY)
SYLVANER/SILVANER (MEDIUM-BODIED, ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM ALSACE [SYLVANER] AND GERMANY [SILVANER])
SYRAH (SEE SHIRAZ/SYRAH)
TAURASI (ITALIAN FULL-BODIED SPICY RED WINE FROM CAMPANIA)
TEA
TEA, AFRICAN (SOUTH AFRICAN PLANT IN THE LEGUME FAMILY USED TO MAKE A RED TEA-LIKE DRINK)
TEA, ASSAM (INDIAN, FULL-BODIED)
TEA, BAO JONG
TEA, BLACK (DARK, FULLY FERMENTED)
TEA, CEYLON (SRI LANKAN FULL-BODIED TEA, BLACK)
TEA, CHAMOMILE (HERBAL TEA OF DRIED CHAMOMILE FLOWERS)
TEA, CHRYSANTHEMUM (CHINESE HERBAL TEA OF DRIED CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERS)
TEA, DARJEELING (INDIAN FULL-BODIED TEA, BLACK)
TEA, EARL GREY (TEA, BLACK FLAVORED WITH OIL OF BERGAMOT)
TEA, ENGLISH BREAKFAST (BLEND OF TEA, BLACK VARIETIES, USUALLY ASSAM AND CEYLON)
TEA, GOLDEN MONKEY (CHINESE, FULL-BODIED, TEA, BLACK FROM THE FUJIAN PROVINCE)
TEA, GREEN (CHINESE, LIGHT-BODIED; MADE FROM GREEN, NON-FERMENTED LEAVES)
TEA, GREEN OOLONG (LIGHT-BODIED, WITH FLORAL PERFUME)
TEA, HISBISCUS
TEA, ICED (BREWED HOT AND SERVED COLD; FLAVOR AND BODY VARIES DEPENDING ON TEA USED)
TEA, INDIAN
TEA, JASMINE (FULL-BODIED; LEAVES ARE MIXED WITH JASMINE PETALS BEFORE FERMENTING)
TEA, KENYAN (FULL-BODIED TEA, BLACK)
TEA, KYOTO CHERRY ROSE (JAPANESE, MEDIUM-BODIED, GREEN TEA WITH CHERRY AND ROSE FLAVORS)
TEA, LEMON GINGER
TEA, MAPLE
TEA, MINT
TEA, OOLONG (CHINESE, PARTIALLY FERMENTED; SOMEWHERE BETWEEN GREEN AND TEA, BLACK; USUALLY FROM TAIWAN [FORMOSA] AND FUCHIEN AND CHIANGSI PROVINCES)
TEA, PLUM OOLONG (CHINESE, MEDIUM-BODIED; SOUR PLUM ADDED BEFORE DRYING)
TEA, PU-ERH (CHINESE; OFTEN BLENDED WITH CHRYSANTHEMUM, FROM THE YUNNAN PROVINCE)
TEA, ROOIBOS (E.G., YERBA CHAI)
TEA, TANGERINE
TEA, VIOLET MINT
TEMPRANILLO (SPANISH FRUITY FULL-BODIED RED WINE)
TEQUILA (MEXICAN ALCOHOLIC SPIRIT MADE FROM THE AGAVE CACTUS)
TOCAI FRIULANO (ITALIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE)
TOKAJI, SWEET (HUNGARIAN SWEET WHITE DESSERT WINE)
TOKAY PINOT GRIS (FRENCH FULL-BODIED PINOT GRIS FROM ALSACE; AKA TOKAY D'ALSACE, BUT NO RELATION TO HUNGARIAN TOKAY; SEE ALSO PINOT GRIS, ALSATIAN)
TOKAY, AUSTRALIAN (AUSTRALIAN SWEET WHITE LIQUEUR WINE)
TORRONTES (SPANISH LEMONY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM RIBEIRO)
TREBBIANO (ITALIAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE)
TRINCADEIRA (PORTUGUESE MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE)
TXAKOLI (SPANISH LIGHT-BODIED, HIGH-ACID, SEMI-SPARKLING, WHITE WINE FROM THE BASQUE REGION; AKA TXACOLI AND CHACOLI)
VALPOLICELLA
VERDELHO/VERDEJO (PORTUGUESE DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE [VERDELHO] AND SPANISH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM RUEDA [VERDEJO])
VERDICCHIO (ITALIAN DRY LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE)
VERMENTINO (ITALIAN AROMATIC MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM SARDINIA AND LIGURIA, ALSO GROWN IN CORSICA)
VERNACCIA (ITALIAN CRISP MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM SIENA)
VIN JAUNE (FRENCH DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, YELLOW IN COLOR; FROM THE JURA REGION)
VIN SANTO (ITALIAN BLENDED SWEET DESSERT WINE FROM TUSCANY)
VINHO VERDE (PORTUGUESE, HIGH-ACID, LIGHT-BODIED, VERY DRY, SEMI-SPARKLING WHITE WINE)
VINO NOBILE (ITALIAN MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE MADE FROM SANGIOVESE; AKA VINO NOBILE DI MONTEPULCIANO)
VINO NOVELLO (ITALIAN YOUNG, FRUITY RED WINE)
VIOGNIER (FRENCH DRY, FLORAL, FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
VODKA AND VODKA-BASED COCKTAILS (COLORLESS LIQUOR DISTILLED FROM GRAINS OR POTATOES; ORIGINALLY RUSSIAN OR POLISH)
VOLNAY (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED RED WINE FROM BURGUNDY; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BURGUNDY, RED)
VOUVRAY (FRENCH DRY, MEDIUM-BODIED, WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
VOUVRAY, SPARKLING
VOUVRAY, SWEET
WATER, MINERAL, BOLD (WITH BIG BUBBLES; E.G., PERRIER, SARATOGA SPRINGS)
WATER, MINERAL, CLASSIC (E.G., APOLLINARIS, SAN PELLEGRINO)
WATER, MINERAL, EFFERVESCENT (E.G., BADOIT, BORSEC, VOSS)
WATER, MINERAL, LIGHT (WITH SMALL BUBBLES, E.G., RAMLOSA, SOLE)
WATER, MINERAL, STILL (E.G., EVIAN, FIJI, VOLVIC)
WEIZEN, HEFE (SEE BEER, HEFE WEIZEN)
WHISKEY (LIQUOR MADE FROM FERMENTED GRAIN MASH AGED IN WOOD; FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND)
ZINFANDEL, RED (CALIFORNIA MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED RED WINE; SPICY BERRY AND PEPPER FLAVORS)
ZINFANDEL, WHITE (CALIFORNIA SWEET BLUSH WINE MADE FROM ZINFANDEL GRAPES)