Meal and wine pairing
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Alsace Pinot gris
Serve at: 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.
Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 10 years old.
This drink is paired well with:
Meal families
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Alsatian-style apple tart
Alsatian-style : tart with a cream made from eggs, kirsch, milk, sugar, and flour.
Sauces
Americaine sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Antipasti
« before the meal »
Prefer a pairing according the side dish.
Cheeses
Appenzeller Surchoix
Switzerland. Appenzellerland.
Pressed and cooked cheese made from raw cow's milk.
Ripening : 4 to 6 months.
Gold label.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar.
Desserts and Sweet Courses
Apple Flammkuchen
Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, apple slices, and flambéed with Calvados.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar.
Prefer a pairing with a young wine.
Appetizers and Amuse-bouches
Arancini
Italy. Sicilia.
Breaded and fried rice balls or cones, 8 to 12 cm in diameter, typically filled with ragù, peas, and cheese, or with ham cubes and mozzarella.
Served hot.
Cheeses
Ashbrook
United States. Vermont.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind and crossed in the center by a thin line of ash from ash tree.
Ripening : 3 months.
Seafish
Avruga caviar
Kipper (smoked herring) flesh colored with cuttlefish ink, shaped like fish roe (caviar alternative).
Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie
Bacon quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
Main courses
Baeckeoffe
France. Grand Est. Alsace.
Dish made with potatoes, meats, and mixed vegetables, slowly cooked with spices and white wine.
Shellfish and Seafood
Bay scallop and grapefruit ceviche
Ceviche : cold dish made with shellfish or fish marinated in citrus juice (usually lime) with seasonings (garlic, cilantro, cumin, white onion, chili pepper, pepper, salt, etc).
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
Beef
Beef carpaccio
Carpaccio : dish made of thin slices, typically served with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.
Cheeses
Bergamino di Bufala
Italy. Lombardy.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized buffalo's milk with a bloomy rind.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with residual sugar.
Veal
Blanquette de veau
Blanquette : stew of white meat or fish cooked in stock and thickened with egg yolk and cream.
Dish usually served with pasta, potatoes or rice, often completed with mushrooms.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with few residual sugar.
Prefer a pairing with a young wine.