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White Wine Pairing Guide

 



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IWFS Recommended

Cellar Wine Varietals

 


Choose from the list below:

 

Whites
Albarino
Assyrtiko
Chardonnay/
Chablis (unoaked)
Chardonnay/
White Burgundy (oaked)

Chenin Blanc (dry)
Chenin Blanc/
Vouvray (medium dry)

Cortese/Gavi di Gavi
Gewurztraminer
Gruner Veltliner
Muscat (medium dry)
Pinot Grigio
Pinot Gris
Pinot Blanc/Pinot Bianco
Riesling (dry)
Riesling (medium dry)
Roussanne/
Marsanne/white Rhone

Sauvignon Blanc/
white Bordeaux
Sauvignon Blanc/
white Bordeaux (oaked)

Semillon
Sherry fino/manzanilla
Sherry, amontillado
Vermentino
Viognier
 
 

 

 


 




Albarino

 

Food Pairings

 

Calamari, fried
Ceviche
Clams, steamed
Crab, white
Fish and chips
Fish stew
Gambas, grilled
Mussels, steamed/moules marinières
Oysters
Pasta with seafood
Prawns
Risotto, seafood
Sardines, grilled
Seabass, grilled
Shrimp
Squid, grilled
Sashimi
Sushi
Whitebait, fried

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Feta

Goat Cheese

 

 


 




Assyrtiko

 

Food Pairings

 

Clams, steamed

Calamari, fried

Fish, grilled

Fish, fried

Gambas, grilled

Greek salad

Mussels, grilled

Oysters

Pasta with seafood

Prawns

Sardines, grilled

Seabass, grilled

Shrimp

Squid, grilled

Taramasalata

Tomato fritters

Tomato salad

Zucchini/courgette fritters

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Feta

Kefalotyri

Kefalograviera

 

 

 


 




Chardonnay/

Chablis (unoaked)

 

Food Pairings


Crab, fresh

Dover sole

Fish paté/terrine

Fish and chips

Grouper, grilled

Ham

Oysters

Prawn salad

Prawn tempura

Rabbit with mustard sauce

Red Snapper

Seabass, grilled

Swordfish

Sushi

Tuna

 

Cheese Pairings

Chaource

Comté

Gougères (baked cheese puffs)

Gruyère

 

 

 


 




Chardonnay/

White Burgundy (oaked)

 

Food Pairings


Butter sauces

Butter chicken

Chicken, roast

Chicken, grilled

Chicken Alfredo

Chicken Marsala

Chicken Piccata

Chicken pot pie

Chowder

Corn, grilled

Crab, baked

Crab, bisque

Crabcakes

Dover sole

Eggs benedict

Fennel, braised

Fishcakes

Fish pie

Halibut

Lobster, grilled

Lobster bisque

Mahi

Marlin

Mushrooms with polenta

Pasta with cream sauce

Pork with cream sauce

Pumpkin

Quiche

Salad, Caesar

Salad, chicken

Salmon en croute

Satay

Scallops

Shrimp with butter

Soups, creamy

Squash, butternut

Steak béarnaise

Tuna casserole

Turkey

Veal

 

Cheese Pairings

Cheddar

Gruyère

 

 

 


 




Chenin Blanc (dry)

 

Food Pairing

 

Avocado toast

Chicken adobo

Chicken casserole

Chicken, grilled

Chicken pot pie

Chicken satay

Chowder

Clams, grilled

Dover Sole

Fish cakes

Fish pie

Grouper

King fish

Oysters

Parsnips

Pork belly, roast

Pork satay

Salads, fresh summer

Salmon

Scallops

Sushi

 

Cheese Pairing

 

Cheshire

Goat cheese

Brie

Caerphilly

Gruyère

Wensleydale


 

 


 




Chenin Blanc/

Vouvray (medium dry)

 

Food Pairing

 

Creamy sauces

Chicken with a cream sauce

Chicken, roast

Gravadlax

Pork with a cream sauce

Pork curry, mild

Suckling pig

 

Cheese Pairing

 

Cream cheese

Triple-cream Brie

 

 


 




Cortese/Gavi di Gavi

 

Food Pairing

 

Antipasti

Carpaccio/raw beef

Chicken in a creamy sauce

Fish, grilled

Fritto misto - mixed fried seafood/vegetables

Pasta with Pesto

Pasta with seafood

Prosciutto/ham with melon

Prosciutto-Wrapped Breadsticks

Risotto, spring vegetable

Risotto, seafood

Soup, creamy vegetable

Spaghetti carbonara

Vitello tonnato (veal with tuna sauce)

Zucchini/courgettes

 

Cheese Pairing

 

Pecorino, young

Robiola

Toma


 

 


 




Gewurztraminer

 

Food Pairings

 

Duck, red curry

Duck liver paté

Fish curry

Green Chicken or Seafood Curry

Foie gras

Ginger, dishes with

Goose, roast

Indian food

Kimchi

Laksa

Lobster, with ginger

Salmon, Smoked

Sichuanese food

Spicy food

Thai food


Asian Dishes

Fried spring rolls

Steamed seafood

Tandoori Chicken

Peranakan cuisine

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Epoisses

Livarot

Maroilles

Morbier

Münster

Washed-rind/stinky cheese


 

 

 




Gruner Veltliner

 

Food Pairings

 

Asparagus, white

Artichokes

Carpaccio

Curry, mild

Escabeche (fish marinated & cooked in vinegar & spices)

Fish tartare

Ham, smoked

Kohlrabi

Noodle salads

Pho

Pork fillet

Soups, creamy

Sushi

Wiener schnitzel/breaded veal

Vietnamese summer rolls

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Emmental

Goat cheese

Gruyère

 

 


 




Muscat (medium dry)

 

Food Pairings

 

Asparagus (white)

Chinese food

Curry, mild

Duck liver paté

Foie gras

Indian food

Pastilla, pigeon

Scallops

Thai food

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Emmental

Goat cheese

Gorgonzola

Gouda

Morbier

Roquefort

Smoked cheese


 

 


 




Pinot Grigio

 

Food Pairings

 

Amberjack, grilled

Antipasti

Bruschetta

Clams/vongole

Crab, fresh

Fish, fried

Fish, grilled

Fish and chips

Fritto misto

Mussels, steamed

Oysters

Pasta with seafood

Prawn tempura

Ravioli with Herbed Tomato Sauce

Risotto with spring vegetables

Risotto with seafood

Salad, prawn/shrimp

Seabass

Snapper, fried

Spaghetti carbonara

Squid, crisp-fried

Sushi

Whitebait, fried

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Grano Padano

Goat cheese

Gruyère

Morbier


 

 


 




Pinot Gris

 

Food Pairings

 

Abalone

Chicken alfredo

Chicken salad

Chicken, tandoori

Chicken tikka masala

Cod, baked or grilled

Dim sum

Dover sole

Green chicken or seafood curry

Grouper, pan-fried

Haddock, baked or grilled

Halibut , baked or grilled]

Ham, smoked

Mango

Pad Thai

Pork belly

Quail, spicy, grilled

Salmon, grilled

Scallops

Shrimp alfredo

Smoked eel

Trout, baked

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Grano Padano

Goat cheese

Gruyère

Morbier

 

 


 




Pinot Blanc/

Pinot Bianco

 

Food Pairings

 

Chicken with a creamy sauce

Chicken piccata

Chowder

Crab

Creamy sauces

Fish pie

Fish cakes

Frittata

Haddock, baked or grilled

Halibut, baked or grilled

Pasta with spring vegetables

Pasta with seafood

Pork with a creamy sauce

Mushrooms

Risotto with spring vegetables

Risotto with seafood

Omelette

Onion tart

Quiche

Salmon en croute

Soups, creamy


 

Cheese Pairings

 

Brie

Burrata

Comté, mild

 

 

 


 




Riesling (dry)

 

Food Pairings

 

Cantonese food

Chicken Katsu curry

Chicken tandoori

Crab, steamed

Choucroute/sauerkraut

Coq au riesling

Dim Sum

Duck, Peking

Green Chicken or Seafood Curry

Pickled vegetables

Pork, roast with apple sauce

Ramen

Salmon, smoked

Sashimi

Seafood cocktail

Suckling pig

Sushi

Tom Yum soup

Trout, pan-fried

Trout, smoked

Vietnamese food


Asian Dishes

Chilli Crab

Peranakan cuisine

Sushi

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Goat Cheese

 

 


 




Riesling (medium dry)

 

Food Pairings

 

Chicken Sichuan

Chilli crab

Corn Beef and Cabbage

Duck, roast

Goose, roast

Kimchi

Laksa

Lobster, spiced

Indian food

Mussels, Thai-style

Pork ribs smoked

Prawns, spicy

Sichuan food

Thai food

 

 


 




Roussanne/

Marsanne/white Rhone

 

Food Pairings

 

Butternut squash

Cauliflower, roast

Celeriac, roast

Chicken, roast

Halibut, grilled

Pork, roast

Pork, grilled

Red mullet

Root vegetables, roast

Soup, vegetable

Vegetarian lasagne

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Camembert

Cheshire

Sheep cheese

 

 


 




Sauvignon Blanc/

White Bordeaux

 

Food Pairings

 

Amberjack

Artichoke dip

Asparagus

Avocado toast

Bell peppers

Calamari, fried

Chicken, herb-crusted

Clams

Coriander

Courgette/Zucchini

Crab, dressed

Crab cakes

Dill

Fish and chips

Fish, grilled

Fish tacos

Gazpacho

Green Chicken or Seafood Curry

Guacamole

Lamb, grilled

Mahi

Mint

Olives

Oysters

Peas

Prawns, grilled

Ravioli with spinach and ricotta

Salad, green

Salad, seafood

Salmon, poached

Salmon, smoked

Sardines, grilled

Seabass, pan-fried

Shrimp, grilled

Thai beef salad

Tilapia

Tomato salad

Tom Yum soup

Tout Almondine

Trout, smoked

Whitebait


Asian Dishes

Dim Sum

Tempura

Nasi Goreng (Fried Indonesian Rice)


 

Cheese Pairings

 

Goat cheese

Cheese with herbs and garlic

Feta

Halloumi, grilled

Havarti

 

 


 




Sauvignon Blanc/

White Bordeaux (oaked)

 

Food Pairings

 

Asparagus

Chicken, roast

Chicken, grilled

Creamy sauces

Fennel, braised

Halibut

Ravioli with crab

Salmon

Scallops

Tarragon

Turkey

 

 


 




Semillon

 

Food Pairings

 

Asparagus

Clams

Crab, fresh

Crab, soft shell

Fennel

Fish, grilled

Ham, baked

Lobster, grilled

Oysters, Vietnamese

Pasta with spring vegetables

Peas

Pork chop

Risotto with spring vegetables

Salad, seafood

Salmon

Salmon smoked

Satay

Seabass

Scallops

Shellfish

Veal

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Chaumes

Goat cheese

Manchego

Sheep cheese

Smoked Gouda

Zamorano (Spanish sheep's milk cheese)

 

 


 




Sherry fino/manzanilla

 

Food Pairings

 

Almonds

Anchovies

Artichokes

Calamari

Clams

Croquetas

Escabeche (pickled fish)

Fish, fried

Jamon (ham)

Olives

Prawns (Gambas), grilled

Salmon, smoked

Shrimp, grilled

Sushi

Sashimi

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Manchego

Sheep cheese

 

 


 




Sherry, amontillado

 

Food Pairings

 

Almonds

Chorizo

Duck, smoked

Jamon (ham)

Jerusalem artichokes

Nuts

Meatballs (albondigas)

Mushrooms

Paté

Pork, grilled

Pork, pan-fried


Asian Dishes

Roast Pork

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Cheddar

Comté

Gouda

Manchego

Parmesan/parmigiano reggiano

Sheep cheese

 

 


 




Vermentino

 

Food Pairing

 

Antipasti

Asparagus

Clams

Crab linguine

Courgettes/Zucchini

Fish, grilled

Fritto misto

Lobster

Pasta with seafood

Prawns, grilled

Risotto, spring vegetable

Risotto with seafood

Seabass

Seafood

Shellfish

Shrimp, grilled

Spaghetti alle vongole

Squid

Vitello tonnato (veal with tuna sauce)

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Pecorino

Sheep cheese

 


 




Viognier

 

Food Pairing

 

Butter chicken

Butternut squash

Chicken korma

Chicken roast

Coronation chicken

Crab, baked

Creamy sauces

Curries, mild

Laksa

Lobster, grilled

Pork, grilled

Pork with apricots

Root vegetables, roast

Salmon, pan-fried

Scallops, seared

Sweet potatoes

Tagines (Moroccan stews) with apricot

Veal, braised


 

Cheese Pairings

 

Gorgonzola

Jarlsberg

Triple Cream Brie