Skip to main content

Food and wine pairing ideas

  • Français
  • English
  • Español

Meal families

Cold starters

Tomatoes with tomato

Tomatoes stuffed with a tomato tartare.

> view all pairings

Beef

Grape beef stew

Daube : braised stew (lamb, beef, mutton, octopus, wild boar or bull) marinated in white or red wine and aromatics.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Praline

Mixture of caramelized and crushed almonds and hazelnuts.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Apple Flammkuchen

Thin layer of bread dough topped with cream or fromage blanc, apple slices, and flambéed with Calvados.

> view all pairings

Desserts and Sweet Courses

Pear zabaione

Zabaione : egg yolks beaten with a liquid, alcoholic or non-alcoholic, in order to obtain a hot or warm foamy and flavored preparation.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Orval

Belgium.
Pressed and uncooked cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind.

> view all pairings

Beef

Rump steak with peppercorn sauce

Peppercorn sauce : melted butter with shallots deglazed with Cognac, enhanced with crushed pepper, reduced veal stock, and heavy cream.

> view all pairings

Beef

Rib steak with bourguignonne sauce

Rib steak : rib of beef with bone attached.
Bourguignonne sauce : partial reduction of shallot or onion and red wine with a bouquet garni (parsley, thyme and bay leaf) bound with a veal stock or a Spanish sauce.

> view all pairings

Sheep and Goats

Roasted kid goat with parsley butter

Garlic and parsley butter : butter, garlic and parsley mixed.

> view all pairings

Cheeses

Selles-sur-Cher

France. Centre-Val de Loire. Loir-et-Cher. Selles-sur-Cher.
Soft-ripened raw goat's milk cheese and bloomy rind coated in culinary vegetable ash.
Ripening : 10 to 30 days.

> view all pairings

Feathered game

Young partridge in parchment

Young Partridge : under 8 months old.

> view all pairings