PINOT NOIR (FRENCH, CALIFORNIAN, AND OREGONIAN LIGHT- TO FULL-BODIED FRUITY RED WINE)

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• DUCK, ESP. ROASTED
• SALMON, ESP. BROILED, PAN-ROASTED, POACHED, OR GRILLED
• BEEF, ESP. LEAN AND/OR ROASTED, AND ESP. WITH FULL-BODIED PINOT NOIR
• CHICKEN, ESP. BRAISED, POACHED, OR ROASTED
• LAMB
• MUSHROOMS AND MUSHROOM SAUCE
• PORK, ESP. LOIN
• TUNA, ESP. AHI AND/OR GRILLED
• VEAL, ESP. CHOPS
• beets
• cheeses, esp. goat (aged), mild, and/or soft (e.g., Brie, Camembert, Chaumes, feta, Gruyere, Swiss, Vacherin)
• eggplant
• fennel and fennel seed
• fish
• game birds, esp. roasted
• game, esp. roasted esp. with full-bodied Pinot Noir
• ginger
• grilled meat and other food
• meat, esp. lighter, red, grilled, roasted, and/or served cold
• pheasant, esp. roasted
• poultry, esp. roasted
• quail, esp. grilled or roasted
• smoked meat and other food (but not fish)
• soy sauce
• tomatoes and tomato sauces
• turkey, esp. roasted
• French food
• bacon
• basil
• charcuterie
• cherries, esp. tart
• cinnamon
• cloves
• earthy flavored food and dishes
• enchiladas
• foie gras
• greens, esp. braised or sauteed, and esp. with bacon
• ham, esp. baked
• herbs and herb-based sauces
• jambalaya
• kidneys
• lasagna
• liver
• onions
• oregano
• partridge, esp. roasted
• pasta, esp. heartier pasta and/or with tomato and/or vegetable sauce
• pepper, black
• pesto
• prunes
• rabbit
• risotto, esp. with mushrooms
• roasts, esp. beef, and esp. with full-bodied Pinot Noir
• sausages, esp. grilled
• sauteed dishes
• scallops
• seafood
• spinach pie
• squab, esp. grilled or roasted
• stew, esp. beef
• swordfish
• tarragon
• thyme
• truffles, white, and truffle oil
• vegetables, in general, but esp. root
• vegetarian dishes
• venison, esp. with full-bodied Pinot Noir