What kind of white wine goes best with fish?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008 at
12:59 am
Corporate Mom asked:
I will give you the extent of my wine knowledge: white wine goes with white meats, red wine goes with red meats.
So I’m going to a friend’s house for dinner tonight and she’s having fish. I want to bring a bottle of wine, what should I get?
I don’t want to spend a whole lot for one bottle of wine, so something that’s not too expensive, but still good. Thanks!
I will give you the extent of my wine knowledge: white wine goes with white meats, red wine goes with red meats.
So I’m going to a friend’s house for dinner tonight and she’s having fish. I want to bring a bottle of wine, what should I get?
I don’t want to spend a whole lot for one bottle of wine, so something that’s not too expensive, but still good. Thanks!
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Chardonnay is the way to go!
While generally white with fish red with meat still is ok it really depends on how the fish is cooked….heavier sauces require heavier wines .These days some wine makers are making heavier white wines then red so the best thing to do would be find out how the fish is being prepared and then go to your nearest store and they should be able to match it
if in doubt you could just pick up a nice bottle of white and it will be fine Chardonnay or chenin blanc would be fine
I would recommend a Gruneir Veltliner or a nice Albarino. Theses are a Austrian and a Portuguese wine grown by the coast. They are both geared for the diverse flavors of spice as well as the ability to pair well with seafood that doesn’t normally pair well with run of the mill whites. Either one of these bottles will run you about 10-20 dollars and is a kick *** bottle of wine, The bonus is, if anyone in the group is a conuser they will drool at your obscure finds. Cheers and enjoy. you will only love the fish you are enjoying and have a much better experience than with a regular chard or souvignon blanc.
Sauvignon Blancs
There is a white wine that comes in a bottle shaped like a fish or you can get a Reisling or Pinot Grigio.
There are so many factors here:
What kind of fish?
What type of sauce (if any)?
How will it prepared?
A light red wine would be great with Salmon, Tuna, Shark, and many other steak (or firm) fishes. Try a Pinot Noir here.
A light fruity white would go great with light white fishes. Try a Sauvignon Blanc or Pinot Grigio here.
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A good cheap riesling is Twisted River Late Harvest you will not be disappointed for the price.