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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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How we have read your dish

Recognised: Tomato sauce, Roast lamb.

Medium weightSavoury

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Wine suggestions for your dish

Emilio Moro

Malleolus

Region: Ribera del Duero, Spain
Grape: Tempranillo
Wine type: Red wine
Rating: 4.3 / 5 · around 50k ratings

Its recorded body suits the weight of the dish · The catalogue also records a pairing with this food family

Retails around €37–€40

19 Crimes

Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: Victoria, Australia
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine type: Red wine
Rating: 3.8 / 5 · around 50k ratings

Its recorded body suits the weight of the dish · The catalogue also records a pairing with this food family

Château Mouton Rothschild

Pauillac (Premier Grand Cru Classé)

Region: Pauillac, France
Grape: Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon
Wine type: Red wine
Rating: 4.6 / 5 · around 90k ratings

Its recorded body suits the weight of the dish · The catalogue also records a pairing with this food family

Retails around €623–€650

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.

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