Pairings
salmon
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BEAUJOLAIS NOUVEAU (TWO-MONTH-OLD FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE, OUT IN NOVEMBER)
BLAUFRANKISCH (AUSTRIAN RED WINE)
CAVA, WHITE
CHAMPAGNE (CARBONATED WINE FROM SECONDARY FERMENTATION, USUALLY MEDIUM-BODIED; SEE ALSO CAVA, PROSECCO, AND SPARKLING WINE)
CHAMPAGNE, BLANC DE NOIRS (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH 100 PERCENT PINOT NOIR GRAPES)
CONDRIEU (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY, MADE WITH VIOGNIER GRAPES; FRUITY AND FLORAL PERFUME)
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)
GIN AND GIN COCKTAILS
LIGHT-BODIED RED WINE (E.G., PINOT NOIR)
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)
RIOJA, RED (SPANISH, MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED)
RIOJA, WHITE (SPANISH, LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED)
ROSE (LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED PINK WINE TYPICALLY MADE FROM RED GRAPES; LIGHT-COLORED BECAUSE OF MINIMAL CONTACT WITH GRAPE SKINS; SEE ALSO ROSADO)
SAKE, AGED (FULL-BODIED, RICH; SOME ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KOSHU)
SAKE, HONJOZO (LIGHTER, RICHER STYLE)
SAKE, JUNMAI (RICH, MEDIUM-BODIED)
SANCERRE (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED ACIDIC WHITE WINE MADE FROM SAUVIGNON BLANC GRAPES FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY; SEE ALSO SAUVIGNON BLANC)
TEA, ASSAM (INDIAN, FULL-BODIED)
VIN JAUNE (FRENCH DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, YELLOW IN COLOR; FROM THE JURA REGION)
VOUVRAY (FRENCH DRY, MEDIUM-BODIED, WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)