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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.

How we have read your dish

Recognised: Shepherds pie, Chilli, Spicy.

Rich and substantialCreamy or fattyHot spiceSavoury

Adjust the chilli setting to suit the way you cook this dish.

Wine suggestions for your dish

Region
California, United States
Grape
Shiraz/Syrah / Merlot / Cabernet Sauvignon / Zinfandel
Wine type
Red wine
Rating
3.7 / 5 · around 150k ratings

Its recorded body can stand alongside a substantial dish · Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · The catalogue also records a pairing with this food family

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Inniskillin

Vidal Icewine

Region
Niagara Peninsula, Canada
Grape
Vidal
Wine type
Dessert wine
Rating
4.4 / 5 · around 9k ratings

Its recorded body can stand alongside a substantial dish · Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · Its recorded alcohol level is a gentler choice alongside chilli

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Weingut Nik Weis - St. Urbans-Hof

Nik Weis Selection Urban Riesling

Region
Mosel, Germany
Grape
Riesling
Wine type
White wine
Rating
4.2 / 5 · around 33k ratings

Its recorded acidity offers a fresh contrast to richness · Its recorded alcohol level is a gentler choice alongside chilli · The catalogue also records a pairing with this food family

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Retails around €11–€15

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