What Wine Goes With Sushi? Easy Pairings for Salmon, Tuna and Veggie Rolls

Sushi platter with a glass of chilled white wine
Dry Riesling, crisp sparkling and light Pinot Gris are the safest wines with sushi. Here is what soy, wasabi and raw fish do to a glass, plus one bottle to try tonight.
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Best Wine With Raclette: What Cuts Through Melted Cheese

Melted raclette cheese scraped over potatoes beside a glass of white wine
Dry Riesling, Chasselas or a chilled light red are the best wines for raclette. Here is what melted cheese does to a bottle, what to avoid, and one stock checked pick.
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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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Pinot Gris vs Pinot Grigio: What Is the Difference?

Two glasses of white wine of different depths of colour beside greyish pink grapes
Same grape, two names, two styles. Grigio is crisp and citrusy, Gris is fuller and rounder. How to tell which is in the bottle before you buy it.
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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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Best Wine for Spicy Food: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Spicy red curry with a cold glass of Riesling
The best wine for spicy food is low in alcohol, a little sweet and served cold. Off-dry Riesling leads, with Gewürztraminer, Moscato and chilled Gamay behind. What to avoid and why.
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Cedar Plank Salmon Wine Pairing: What to Pour With the Smoke

Salmon cooking on a cedar plank beside a glass of light red wine
The plank does half the cooking, and the smoke changes the wine. Pinot Noir, lightly oaked Chardonnay and dry rosé, plus one stock-checked Tasmanian pick.
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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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Wine Pairing With Salad: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Glass of white wine beside a green salad and a jug of vinaigrette
Salad is not hard to match, the dressing just gets in the way. Here is what to pour, what to avoid, and why no wine can out-acid a vinaigrette.
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Best Wine for Stuffed Mushrooms: What to Pour (and What to Avoid)

Baked stuffed mushroom caps on a slate board beside a glass of light red wine
Pinot Noir most nights, lightly oaked Chardonnay when the filling is cheesy, and dry sparkling for a party tray. Here is why big reds fail with mushrooms.
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