Miso and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Bowl of miso soup beside a glass of white wine on a timber table
Miso is salty, sweet and full of umami, which is hard on red wine. What to pour with miso soup, miso black cod and miso ramen, and the reds to keep off the table.
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Mushroom Ravioli and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Bowl of mushroom ravioli beside a glass of red wine on a timber table
Mushroom ravioli flattens big reds. Here is why, plus the wines that actually work, what to avoid and one stock-checked bottle to try tonight.
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Wine and Cheese Pairing: What to Pour with Every Cheese

A wooden cheese board with brie, aged cheddar, blue cheese and goat's cheese beside a glass of sparkling wine and a glass of red wine
The safest wine and cheese pairing is dry sparkling or unoaked Chardonnay. Then it depends on the cheese: goat's, brie, cheddar, parmesan, washed rind and blue, each with the wine that works, a cheat-sheet table and one bottle to buy.
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Clam Chowder and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Bowl of creamy clam chowder beside a glass of white wine on a timber table
Crisp unoaked whites for the creamy New England bowl, something sharper for Manhattan. The three chowder styles and the wine each one wants.
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Best Wine for Risotto: What to Cook With and What to Drink With Mushroom Risotto

Bowl of mushroom risotto beside a glass of Pinot Noir
Pinot Noir to drink, a cheap dry white to cook with. The best wine for mushroom risotto and every other risotto, what to avoid, and a bottle under eleven dollars.
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Chardonnay Food Pairing: What to Eat With Oaked and Unoaked Chardonnay

Glass of Chardonnay beside a golden roast chicken
Roast chicken, buttery seafood, creamy pasta or a plate of prawns: what to eat with Chardonnay, why oaked and unoaked need different dinners, and what to avoid.
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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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Butter Chicken Wine Pairing: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Bowl of butter chicken beside a glass of white wine on a timber table
Butter chicken is creamy, sweet and gently spiced, which rules out big reds. Here are the whites that work, the ones to avoid, and one bottle to try tonight.
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Octopus and Wine: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Grilled octopus on a plate beside a glass of rose wine
Grilled octopus is lean, salty and smoky, which rules out tannin. Here are the wines that work, what to avoid, and one stock-checked bottle.
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