Best Wine With Salmon: Grilled, Baked, Smoked and Cold

A glass of light red wine beside a seared salmon fillet on a dark slate plate
Salmon is an oily fish that behaves more like chicken than snapper, so it can take a light red. Here is what to pour for every way you cook it.
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What Wine Goes With Ravioli? A Filling-by-Filling Guide

Plate of ravioli beside a glass of white wine on a timber table
Ravioli is a shape, not a dish. Here is the right wine for cheese, meat, mushroom, pumpkin and seafood fillings, plus what to avoid.
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Seafood Risotto and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Cook With)

Bowl of seafood risotto with prawns beside a glass of white wine
Creamy, salty and delicate all at once. The crisp whites that suit seafood risotto, the ones that ruin it, which wine to put in the pan, and one bottle that does both jobs.
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Wine Pairing with Cod Fish: Top Choices for a Perfect Match

wine pairing with cod fish
Cod is a versatile seafood that can be prepared in various ways, each method potentially impacting your wine selection.
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Cheesecake Wine Pairing: The Best Wines for Every Slice

Slice of strawberry cheesecake beside a flute of sparkling rosé
Moscato, sparkling rosé, late-harvest Riesling or a Rutherglen Muscat: the best wine for cheesecake depends on the topping. Matches for berry, lemon, chocolate and caramel, and what to avoid.
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Pan Fried Pork Chops and Wine: What to Pour

Pan fried pork chops in a skillet beside a glass of red wine
Pork chops want a light red with fresh acidity or a zippy dry white. Pinot noir, dry riesling and grenache all work. Here is which one, and when.
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Rotisserie Chicken and Wine: What to Pour Tonight

A rotisserie chicken on a board beside a glass of white wine
A hot supermarket chook wants an unoaked chardonnay or a chilled pinot noir. The salt and crisp skin are doing the work, and here is how to match them.
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Asparagus and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Steamed asparagus spears and a glass of chilled white wine
Asparagus can make wine taste metallic. Here is why, plus the dry whites that work, what to avoid, and one stock-checked Australian bottle to try tonight.
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Bacon and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Crisp bacon in a cast iron pan beside a glass of pinot noir
Bacon is salty, fatty, smoky and often sweet. Pinot noir, dry sparkling and off-dry riesling handle all four. Here is what to pour and what to skip.
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Wine to Pair With Goat Meat: Why Lean Meat Needs a Softer Red

A slow roasted goat shoulder in a braising dish beside a glass of red wine
Goat is one of the leanest meats there is, so it cannot soften a big tannic red. Grenache, Tempranillo and off dry Riesling work better. Here is how to pair by the pot.
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