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Food & wine pairing

What are you cooking?

Include the sauce and how you are cooking it. The tool compares the dish with wine structure and explains the suggested matches.

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Recognised: Christmas pudding.

Rich and substantialCreamy or fattySweet

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Wine suggestions for your dish

Château d'Yquem

Sauternes d'Yquem N.V.

Region
Sauternes, France
Grape
Sauvignon Blanc / Sémillon
Wine type
Dessert wine
Rating
4.5 / 5 · around 1k ratings

Its recorded body can stand alongside a substantial dish · Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · Its recorded sweetness is a more suitable starting point for dessert

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Retails around €268–€270
Region
Verdelho Madeira, Portugal
Grape
Verdelho
Wine type
Fortified Wine
Rating
4.0 / 5 · around 1k ratings

Its recorded body can stand alongside a substantial dish · Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · Its recorded sweetness is a more suitable starting point for dessert

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Quady

Elysium

Region
Madera, United States
Grape
Black Muscat
Wine type
Dessert wine
Rating
4.1 / 5 · around 3.4k ratings

Its recorded body can stand alongside a substantial dish · Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · Its recorded sweetness is a more suitable starting point for dessert

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Pair dinner with your own wine

Membership adds more suggestions and uses your saved preferences and feedback. You can also restrict the results to bottles in your cellar.

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Around 500 food, dish and preparation profiles in the library.

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How the matching works

Matching considers the dish’s weight, richness, acidity, sweetness and heat alongside the available wine structure. Member results also use saved preferences and feedback. We leave missing wine details unknown rather than filling them in.

Read more about food and wine pairing in Virginia Tech’s food and wine guidance.

Food and wine pairing for your dish | WineVery