Pairings
oysters
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ALBARINO (SPANISH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM GALACIA)
ALIGOTE (FRENCH LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
BLOODY MARY (SPICED TOMATO JUICE AND VODKA COCKTAIL)
BORDEAUX, WHITE (FRENCH DRY, LIGHT-BODIED WINE; SEE ALSO SAUVIGNON BLANC)
CHAMPAGNE, BRUT (DRY)
ENTRE-DEUX-MERS (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE BORDEAUX REGION; FRESH AND FRUITY DRY WINE WITH GRAPEFRUIT, LYCHEE, AND PEACH AROMAS)
GRUNER VELTLINER (AUSTRIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE; VERY FRUITY WITH LYCHEE, CELERY, AND WHITE PEPPER CHARACTERISTICS)
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)
SAKE, HONJOZO (LIGHTER, RICHER STYLE)
SEMILLON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, USUALLY FROM GRAVES IN BORDEAUX; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BORDEAUX, WHITE, AND SAUVIGNON BLANC)
SHERRY, (SPANISH FORTIFIED WHITE WINE FROM JEREZ DE LA FRONTERA; MUST BE CONSUMED SOON AFTER BOTTLE IS OPENED)
SHERRY, FINO (VERY DRY SHERRY; AGED BETWEEN SIX AND NINE YEARS; SERVE VERY WELL CHILLED)
STOUT, DRY
SYLVANER/SILVANER (MEDIUM-BODIED, ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM ALSACE [SYLVANER] AND GERMANY [SILVANER])
VODKA AND VODKA-BASED COCKTAILS (COLORLESS LIQUOR DISTILLED FROM GRAINS OR POTATOES; ORIGINALLY RUSSIAN OR POLISH)
VOUVRAY (FRENCH DRY, MEDIUM-BODIED, WHITE WINE FROM THE LOIRE VALLEY)
VOUVRAY, SPARKLING
WHISKEY (LIQUOR MADE FROM FERMENTED GRAIN MASH AGED IN WOOD; FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND)