Americas

Rose, Sparkling & Sweet Wine Pairing Guide

 



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IWFS Recommended

Cellar Wine Varietals

 

Choose from the list below:

 

Rose, Sweet & Sparkling

Dry Rosé

White Zinfandel and
other medium
dry rosé

Champagne/Crémant/Cava/
English sparkling wine
/Franciacorta

Champagne, vintage

Rosé champagne/
sparkling wine

Prosecco

Sparkling shiraz

Chenin Blanc/
Loire sweet wines

Moscato

Muscat/moscatel

Liqueur muscat

Tokaji

Port Ruby/Late
Bottled Vintage

Tawny Port

Vintage Port

Riesling, late harvest

Sauternes/late harvest
sauvignon
/semillon

Sweet red wines

Pedro Ximinez (PX)

 

 


 




Dry Rosé

 

Food Pairings

 

Avocado toast

Artichokes

BBQ

Charcuterie

Chicken, grilled

Courgettes/Zucchini

Crab, fresh

Curries, mild

Ham

Hummus

Lebanese food

Mezze

Middle-eastern food

Olives

Paella

Paté

Peppers, grilled

Picnic food

Prawns

Salads

Salade Nicoisé

Salmon tartare

Shrimp

Tapenade (Olive spread)

Tuna, seared

Turkey, cold

Vegetables, raw/crudités

Vegetables, stuffed, Provence-style

Vitello tonnato (veal with tuna sauce)

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Brie

Camembert

Goat cheese

 


 




White Zinfandel and


other medium dry rosé

 

Food Pairings

 

Appetizers

BBQ

Brunch

Cheesecake

Chicken, tandoori

Chicken, salad

Chinese food

Curries, mild

Ham

Pasta with a creamy sauce

Salmon, grilled

Stir fries

Salads

Strawberries

Turkey (cold)

Waffles

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese (mild)

Brie

Camembert

Emmental

Mozzarella

Soft cheese

Triple cream

 

 


 




Champagne/Crémant/Cava/

English sparkling

wine/Franciacorta

 

Food Pairings


Arancini

Canapés

Caviar

Chicken, fried

Creamy sauces

Chips

Crab cakes

Croquetas/croquettes

Dim sum

Eggs benedict

Fish and chips

Fish cakes

Fish, fried

Gougères

Ham, parma

Hot dogs

Indian street food snacks/pakoras/bhajis

Korean fried chicken

Langoustines

Mac’n’cheese

Mushroom risotto

Oysters

Prawns, grilled

Scallops

Ravioli, seafood

Risotto

Shrimp, grilled

Smoked salmon

Sweetbreads

Truffles

Tuna casserole

Whitebait, fried


Asian Dishes

Dim Sum

Sushi

Tempura

Most Cantonese dishes (roast duck, roast pork)

 

Cheese Pairings

Camembert

Chaource

Cheese straws

Grilled cheese

Parmesan/parmigiano

Truffled pecorino

 

 

 


 




Champagne,

vintage

 

Food Pairings


Lobster

Chicken, roast

Sea urchins

Turbot

Turkey, roast

Truffles

 

Cheese Pairings

Asiago, aged

Comté

Parmesan, aged

Vacherin Mont d’Or

 

 


 




Rosé champagne/

Sparkling wine

 

Food Pairing

 

Beef Carpaccio

Duck breast, seared

Lamb, roast, rare

Lobster, poached with mayonnaise

Salmon, smoked

Steak tartare

Veal, roast, rare

 

Cheese Pairing

 

Brie

Burrata

Camembert

Goat cheese

 

 


 




Prosecco

 

Food Pairing

 

Brut/Extra Brut

Antipasti

Arancini

Cicchetti (bar snacks)

Fritto misto

Pizza

Prawn toasts

Risotto

Sushi

Extra Dry i.e. medium dry

Eclairs

Gorgonzola dolce

Macarons

Panettone

Petits fours

Pavlova

Popcorn

Strawberry shortcake

 

Cheese Pairing

 

Fontina

Mozzarella

 


 




Sparkling shiraz

 

Food Pairing

 

Barbecue

Turkey, roast


Cheese Pairing

 

Blue cheese

Cheddar

 


 




Chenin Blanc/

Loire sweet wines

 

Food Pairings

 

Apple Pie

Apple tart

Apricot tart

Foie gras

Peach Cobbler

Pear tart

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pork, caramelized

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Goat cheese

Triple creme Brie

White stilton with apricot

 

 





Moscato

 

Food Pairings

 

Cheesecake – Fruit Topped

Fruit salad

Lemon Tart

Macarons

Pancakes with lemon and sugar

Pavlova

Peach, fresh

Strawberries

 

 


 




Muscat/Moscatel

 

Food Pairings

 

Apricot tart

Crème brülée

Gooseberry pie

Peach, fresh

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

Pumpkin pie

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Goat cheese

Emmental

Sheep cheese

Muenster

Reblochon

Roquefort

 

 


 



Liqueur muscat

 

Food Pairings

 

Christmas cake

Pecan pie

Sticky toffee pudding

Walnut tart


 

 


 



Tokaji

 

Food Pairings

 

Christmas pudding

Chocolate, orange-flavoured

Foie gras

Pineapple, roast

Pineapple upside down cake

Sichuan food

Tarte Tatin

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Stilton

 


 




Port Ruby/

Late Bottled Vintage

 

Food Pairings

 

Black forest gateau

Chocolate cake

Chocolate, dark

Chocolate truffles

Figs


 

 


 



Tawny Port

 

Food Pairings

 

Almond cake

Apple pie

Banana, caramelised

Cheesecake, caramel-topped

Christmas cake

Duck liver paté

Foie gras

Frangipan (almond) tarts

Pasteis de Nata (Portuguese custard tarts)

Membrillo (quince paste)

Sticky toffee pudding


 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Cheddar

Comté

Gruyère

Serra da Estrela

Sheep cheese

Stilton

 

 


 



Vintage Port

 

Food Pairings

 

Chocolate, dark

Gorgonzola


Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Stilton

 

 


 




Riesling,

late harvest

 

Food Pairings

 

Apple tart

Coconut flavoured desserts

Foie gras

Lemon tart

Mango

Passion fruit

Pear tart

Sichuan food

Thai food

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Gorgonzola dolce

Roquefort

 

 


 




Sauternes/Late harvest

sauvignon/Semillon

 

Food Pairings

 

Apricot tart

Crème brûlée

Duck liver paté

Foie gras

Lobster, grilled

Mango

Mille-feuille

Peaches

Peking duck

Pineapple, roast

Quail, glazed

Strawberries and cream

Thai food

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Chaumes

Gorgonzola

Roquefort

Smoked cheese

 

 


 




Sweet Red Wines

 

Food Pairings

 

Black forest gateau

Blackberries

Cherry pie

Chocolate

Chocolate desserts

Plum crumble

Summer pudding

 

Cheese Pairings

 

Blue cheese

Gorgonzola

Stilton

 

 


 



Pedro Ximinez (PX)

 

Food Pairings

 

Chocolate brownie

Rum and raisin ice cream

Salted caramel ice cream

Vanilla ice cream