Pairings
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BEER, HEFE WEIZEN (SUMMER-BREWED WHEAT BEER WITH A SWEET-AND-SOUR QUALITY)
BEER, WHEAT (PRIMARILY GERMAN AND BELGIAN; LIGHT IN COLOR AND FLAVOR; AKA WEIZEN BIER)
BLOODY MARY (SPICED TOMATO JUICE AND VODKA COCKTAIL)
BURGUNDY, WHITE (MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED; SEE ALSO CHARDONNAY, CHASSAGNE-MONTRACHET, MEURSAULT, POUILLY-FUISSE, PULIGNY-MONTRACHET, ETC.)
CHAMPAGNE, BLANC DE NOIRS (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH 100 PERCENT PINOT NOIR GRAPES)
CHAMPAGNE, BRUT (DRY)
CHAMPAGNE, ROSE (FRENCH CARBONATED WINE MADE WITH PINOT NOIR AND/OR PINOT MEUNIER GRAPES)
CHAMPAGNE, SEC (SLIGHTLY SWEET)
CHATEAUNEUF-DU-PAPE, WHITE
GIN AND GIN COCKTAILS
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)
GRUNER VELTLINER (AUSTRIAN MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE; VERY FRUITY WITH LYCHEE, CELERY, AND WHITE PEPPER CHARACTERISTICS)
HERMITAGE, WHITE
LILLET (FRENCH SWEET APERITIF WINE FROM BORDEAUX)
PINOT BLANC (FRENCH MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE, ESP. ALSATIAN AND CALIFORNIA; SIMILAR TO CHARDONNAY)
POUILLY-FUISSE (FRENCH FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM BURGUNDY)
RIBEIRO (SPANISH LIGHT-BODIED WHITE WINE)
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, DRY
SCHEUREBE (GERMAN MEDIUM- TO FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE)
SHERRY, FINO (VERY DRY SHERRY; AGED BETWEEN SIX AND NINE YEARS; SERVE VERY WELL CHILLED)
SHERRY, MANZANILLA (VERY DRY SHERRY; MADE ONLY IN SANLUCAR DE BARRAMEDA)
SPARKLING WINE (SPARKLING WINE NOT MADE IN THE CHAMPAGNE REGION OF FRANCE; E.G., SPANISH CAVA, ITALIAN PROSECCO, GERMAN SEKT, ETC.; SEE ALSO CHAMPAGNE, CAVA, PROSECCO, VOUVRAY, SPARKLING, ETC.)
SYLVANER/SILVANER (MEDIUM-BODIED, ACIDIC WHITE WINE FROM ALSACE [SYLVANER] AND GERMANY [SILVANER])
TEA, CHRYSANTHEMUM (CHINESE HERBAL TEA OF DRIED CHRYSANTHEMUM FLOWERS)
TEA, DARJEELING (INDIAN FULL-BODIED TEA, BLACK)
VERMENTINO (ITALIAN AROMATIC MEDIUM-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM SARDINIA AND LIGURIA, ALSO GROWN IN CORSICA)
VIOGNIER (FRENCH DRY, FLORAL, FULL-BODIED WHITE WINE FROM THE RHONE VALLEY)
VOUVRAY, SPARKLING
WHISKEY (LIQUOR MADE FROM FERMENTED GRAIN MASH AGED IN WOOD; FROM THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, SCOTLAND, IRELAND)