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CHEESE AND WINE PAIRINGS

One of the most often asked questions when serving cheese is what wine goes best with the cheese offering. Borrowing from Laura Werlin’s The All American Cheese and Wine Book: Pairings, Profiles & Recipes (Stewart, Tabori & Chang, New York 2003), we offer her answers to that question.

TEN BASIC GUIDELINES
1. Pair textures of cheese and wine.
2. Pair light cheeses with light wines.
3. Pair white wines with cheese.
4. Pair fruitier-style wines with cheese.
5. Pair sparkling wines with blue, creamy and salty cheeses.
6. Pair red wines with (almost) anything.
7. Pair cheeses and wines with comparable flavors.
8. Pair cheeses and wines with “opposite” flavors.
9. Pair dessert wines with cheese.
10. Pair aged, mild cheeses with older, milder wines.

CHEESE	WHITE WINE	RED WINE
Bittersweet Plantation Dairy Fleur-de-Lis Fromage Triple Cream	Gewürztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Sauvignon Blanc	Beaujolais Light Burgundy Light Pinot Noir
Bittersweet Plantation Dairy Fleur-de-Teche Fromage Triple Cream	Aged White Burgundy Pinot Blanc	Syrah Hearty Pinot Noir
Blue Cheese (semi-soft)	Cayuga White (hybrid) Gewürztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Vignoles (hybrid) Viognier Dessert Wines (medium sweet)	Sherry Zinfandel Dolcetto
Brie and Camembert (cow's milk)	Cayuga White (hybrid) Chardonnay Pinot Blanc Sparkling Wine	Pinot Noir Sangiovese Dolcetto
Cheddar (semi-soft, not sharp)	Cayuga White (hybrid) Pinot Gris Riesling Vignoles (hybrid)	Zinfandel Pinot Noir
Cheddar (semi-hard, earthy)	Chardonnay Gewürztraminer Sparkling Wine Vignoles (hybrid)	Zinfandel Syrah Petite Sirah Merlot Grenache Cabernet Sauvignon
Cheddar (sharp)	Cayuga White (hybrid) Gewüztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Vignoles
Dry Jack	Cayuga White (hybrid) Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Gewürztraminer Muscat (late-harvest) Pinot Blanc Riesling Sparkling Wine Vignoles (hybrid)	Sherry Zinfandel Syrah Sangiovese Pinot Noir Grenache Cabernet Sauvignon Barbera
Goats' Milk Cheese (fresh)	Arneis Cayuga White Chenin Blanc Pinot Gris Sauvignon Blanc Sémillon Seyval Vidal Blanc	Pinot Noir Dolcetto Carignane Barbera Baco Noir
Goats' Milk Cheese (semi-hard)	Gewürztraminer Riesling Vidal Blanc Vignoles	Syrah Sangiovese Merlot
Gorgonzola	Cayuga White Gewüztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Vignoles Dessert Wines (medium sweet)	Port
Gouda (semi-soft)	Cayuga White Chenin Blanc Riesling Sémillon	Dolcetto
Gruyère	Chardonnay Gewürztraminer Riesling Vidal Blanc Vignoles Viognier	Sherry Zinfandel Pinot Noir Merlot Cabernet Savignon
Havarti	Cayuga White Chenin Blanc Riesling	Cabernet Franc Baco Noir
Monterey Jack (semi-soft)	Cayuga White Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Pinot Blanc Riesling Viognier	Cabernet Franc
Monterey Jack (semi-hard and hard)	Cayuga White (hybrid) Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Gewürztraminer Pinot Blanc Riesling Sparkling Wine Vignoles (hybrid)	Sherry Zinfandel Syrah Sangivoese Pinot Noir Grenache Cabernet Sauvignon Barbera
Mozzarella	Chenin Blanc	Sangiovese Dolcetto
Parmesan	Gewürztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Dessert Wine	Port Sherry Zinfandel Sangiovese Carignane Cabernet Sauvignon
Provolone (semi-soft)	Chenin Blanc Riesling	Dolcetto Baco Noir
Provolone (semi hard to hard)	Gewürztraminer Riesling Sparkling Wine Dessert Wines (medium sweet)	Barbera
Ricotta (cows' and sheep's milk)	Arneis Chardonnay Chenin Blanc Pinot Blanc Sémillon	Sangiovese
Swiss	Cayuga White (hybrid) Gewürztraminer Riesling Vidal Blanc (hybrid) Vignoles (hybrid) Dessert Wines (medium sweet)	Port Sherry Grenache Carignane

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