Food and wine pairing ideas

Meal and wine pairing

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Desserts

Bitter chocolate sponge cake

This dish pairs well with 16 drinks :

Drinks and wines types

Banyuls Grand cru Rancio

Mistelles, fortified wines

Serve at 16-18°C ou 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

Barley wine

Beers

Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.

Black India pale ale

Beers

Serve at 06-08°C ou 43-46 °F.

May be called American Black Ale or Cascadian Dark Ale (CDA).

Brown Ale

Beers

Serve at 10-12°C ou 50-54 °F.

Cahors

Still red wines

Serve at 14-16°C ou 57-61 °F.

Pair with a wine of at least 3 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

Dry stout

Beers

Serve at 08-12°C ou 46-54 °F.

May be called Irish stout.

Dubbel

Beers

Serve at 06-10°C ou 43-50 °F.

Framboise lambic

Beers

Serve at 08-10°C ou 46-50 °F.

Imperial stout

Beers

Serve at 11-13°C ou 52-55 °F.

May be called Russian Imperial Stout (RIS).

Kriek lambic

Beers

Serve at 06-09°C ou 43-48 °F.

Madiran

Still red wines

Serve at 16-18°C ou 61-64 °F.

Pair with a wine of at least 2 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 8 to 12 years old.

Maury Tuilé Rancio

Mistelles, fortified wines

Serve at 16-18°C ou 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

Milk stout

Beers

Serve at 13-15°C ou 55-59 °F.

May be called Cream stout or Sweet stout.

Oatmeal stout

Beers

Serve at 10-13°C ou 50-55 °F.

Rivesaltes Rancio

Mistelles, fortified wines

Serve at 16-18°C ou 61-64 °F.

Can be drunk as soon as it is marketed.
Aging potential (estimation) : 20 years old and more.

Stout

Beers

Serve at 09-11°C ou 48-52 °F.