Handy hints and tips > Food and wine marriages

Starter

	Wines
Melon with Parma ham	Loupiac
Batavia lettuce with goat’s cheese, fig and pears	Duras Blanc
Two-salmon tartare	Crémant
Oysters	Entre-Deux-Mers
Bayonne ham	Bordeaux Rosé
Seafood platter	Entre-Deux-Mers
Grilled mussels	Côtes de Blaye Blanc
Pizza	Clairet

 

Fish

	Wines
Roasted turbot with Nantais butter	Graves Blanc
Roasted zander with saffron sauce	Pessac Léognan Blanc
Burbot estouffade with mushrooms	Haut Montravel Blanc
Fillet of yellow pollock with mustard sauce	Bordeaux Blanc ou Côtes de Duras Sec
Grilled sardines	Jurançon Sec
Grilled shad with sorrel	Graves Blanc

 

White meat

	Wines
Chicken with cream, morels and basmati rice	Lussac ou Graves Blanc
Stewed veal chump with boleti	Côtes de Duras Rouge ou Listrac
Flambéed pepper steak	Graves Rouge
Rabbit piperade	Jurançon Sec ou Madiran
Chicken with chanterelles	Loupiac ou Cérons
Basquaise chicken	Bordeaux Blanc
Guinea hen stuffed with Brussels sprouts	Bergerac Rouge

 

Red meat

	Wines
Oven-candied shoulder of lamb	Pauillac
Beef fillet with foie gras, marsala with small gnocchi and cos lettuce	Margaux
Rib steak with bordelaise sauce	Côtes de Blaye ou Saint-Julien
Seven-hour mutton	Saint-Émilion ou Pomerol
Roast veal or pork	Côtes de Blaye Rouge
Roast beef	Médoc
Stuffed shoulder of mutton	Côtes de Bourg Rouge
Rump steak with pleurotte mushrooms	Pécharmant
Veal liver	Côtes de Duras Rouge
Rib steak with bordelaise sauce	Saint-Julien
Beef on a string	Buzet Rouge
Leg of mutton	Saint-Émilion

 

Game

	Wines
Cassoulet with duck confit	Montagne Saint-Émilion or Lussac Saint-Émilion
Jugged hare	Canon Fronsac
Duck with orange sauce and spices	Graves Rouge
Stewed pigeon	Haut Médoc
Pheasant	Saint-Estèphe
Coq au vin	Madiran

 

Cheese

	Wines
Assortment of fresh goat’s cheeses	Montravel
Farm-made reblochon	Bordeaux Rouge
Farm-made morbier	Madiran
Camembert made from fresh milk in the Pays d’Auge	Bergerac Rouge or Médoc or Puisseguin
Brie, Camembert, Coulommiers	Côtes de Castillon
Munster, Fourme d’Ambert	Loupiac
Ewe cheese	Irouléguy Rouge
Roquefort	Sauternes or Loupiac

 

Dessert

	Wines
Mille-feuille pastry with vanilla	Saussignac
Raspberry puff tart	Buzet Rouge
Tiramisù	Côtes de Duras sec
Merveilles	Pacherenc du Vic Bilh
Apple tart	Pacherenc du Vic Bilh