Pairings
foie gras
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BEER, FRUIT (FRUIT LAMBIC BEER, TYPICALLY LOW IN ALCOHOL WITH INTENSE FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS)
BORDEAUX, RED (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WINE; SEE ALSO CABERNET SAUVIGNON, GRAVES, MEDOC, POMEROL, SAINT-EMILION, ETC.)
CHAMPAGNE, SEC (SLIGHTLY SWEET)
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, WHITE
CONDRIEU (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY, MADE WITH VIOGNIER GRAPES; FRUITY AND FLORAL PERFUME)
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)
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)
MUSCAT, BLACK (RED GRAPE WITH CHOCOLATE, ROSE, AND ORANGE CHARACTERISTICS; AKA MUSCAT HAMBURG)
MUSCAT, LATE HARVEST (SWEET DESSERT WINE WITH CARAMEL, DRIED PEAR, AND APPLE AROMAS, BALANCED WITH ACIDITY)
PINOT NOIR (FRENCH, CALIFORNIAN, AND OREGONIAN LIGHT- TO FULL-BODIED FRUITY RED WINE)
PORT, TAWNY (NONVINTAGE RED PORT AGED IN WOOD)
RIESLING, LATE HARVEST (GERMAN SWEET WHITE WINE)
ROOT BEER (NONALCOHOLIC CARBONATED BEVERAGE)
SAKE, AGED (FULL-BODIED, RICH; SOME ARE ALSO KNOWN AS KOSHU)
SAKE, KIJOSHU (SWEET, PORT-LIKE)
SEMILLON (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, USUALLY FROM GRAVES IN BORDEAUX; SEE ALSO RECOMMENDATIONS FOR BORDEAUX, WHITE, AND SAUVIGNON BLANC)
TOKAJI, SWEET (HUNGARIAN SWEET WHITE DESSERT WINE)
VIN JAUNE (FRENCH DRY MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, YELLOW IN COLOR; FROM THE JURA REGION)
VOUVRAY, SWEET
WHISKEY (LIQUOR MADE FROM FERMENTED GRAIN MASH AGED IN WOOD; FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND)