Pairings
steamed dishes
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CHAMPAGNE (CARBONATED WINE FROM SECONDARY FERMENTATION, USUALLY MEDIUM-BODIED; SEE ALSO CAVA, PROSECCO, AND SPARKLING WINE)
CHENIN BLANC (FRENCH LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED CRISP, ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE (E.G., LIGHT RIESLING AND SAUVIGNON BLANC)
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)
RIESLING (GERMAN AND ALSATIAN LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE WITH VARYING DEGREES OF SWEETNESS; SLIGHTLY SWEET WITH FRUIT)
SAUVIGNON BLANC (NEW WORLD LIGHT- TO MEDIUM-BODIED ACIDIC WHITE WINE; SOMETIMES GRASSY, CITRUSY, AND/OR WITH SLIGHT OAK)