Support it with wine!
Keep an eye out for your Charcuterie & Wine pairing card in August packs!
Charcuterie and wine can be a difficult pairing if you over think it. Though there is a wide variety of flavours and dishes, avoid trying to make a match for each meat. Opt for a Sparkling or a Rosé which will be best suited to almost everything on your cutting board.
Charcuterie is dominated by fats, spice and salt. These are all components that are important to think about when selecting a wine. High acid wines cut through the richness in fatty foods, which would otherwise leave your palate oily. Skip high alcohol wines with spicy foods, instead select wines that have more sweetness to balance the heat. Salty foods can make a wine seem flabby, another reason to look for wines with higher acid levels.
With so much going on, on the plate keep the wines simple and light to medium bodied. You do not want your wine to fight for your attention. Your selection should help cleanse your palate and support your charcuterie.
KEY TIPS
- Low alcohol wines
- Pick red wines with lower tannins (Pinot).
- Avoid wines heavily oaked wines.
- No pickled acutrements (unless you are serving Sherry or Beer).
- Not the time for your Shiraz or Napa Cabs.
- Look for regional pairings: Spanish wine & Iberico ham.
TRY THESE WINES
- Medium bodied Barbera, caution with spice. Try the Massolino Barbera d’Alba.
- Off-dry Riesling loves Prosciutto. Like the, Boundary Breaks #239!
- Lambrusco will work 99% of the time.
- Pinot Noir is great with terrines and patés. Konzelmann Pinot is light and fruity!
- Man up and grab a dry Rosé! Staff favourite, Domaine du Salvard is restocked!
- Crisp whites, like a Verdejo or Airen. Campos Reales Sauv Blanc, Airen blend.
- Sparkling wine, Cava from Spain, Prosecco from Italy are easy and affordable.
- Gewürztraminer from Canada. We have Fielding’s Gewürtz available.
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