Wine & Food Pairings

Structural pairing, explained

Every pairing is scored on shared sensory axes — acidity, tannin, body, sweetness, heat — using interactions documented in sensory science. The reasons are the point: each recommendation explains itself. How it works → Explore the atlas →

France

Aged Comté (24 months) Aligot (whipped potatoes & tomme) Asparagus hollandaise Beef bourguignon Blood sausage with apples Bouillabaisse Brie de Meaux Burgundy snails, garlic-parsley butter Calf's head, sauce gribiche Cassoulet Charcuterie board Cheese fondue Chocolate fondant Chocolate mousse Choucroute garnie Coq au vin Croque-monsieur Crème brûlée Duck breast, cherry jus Duck confit Foie gras, brioche French onion soup gratinée Fresh goat cheese (crottin) Game stew (venison civet) Garbure (Béarn cabbage & duck confit soup) Green salad, sharp vinaigrette Grilled andouillette, mustard sauce Lamprey à la bordelaise Lobster with drawn butter Munster with cumin Mussels and fries Niçoise salad Oven-baked Mont d'Or Pike quenelles, sauce Nantua Pissaladière (onion, anchovy & olive tart) Pot-au-feu Provençal beef daube Quiche Lorraine Raclette Raw oysters Rib steak, bordelaise sauce Rib steak, red wine shallot sauce Roast chicken Roast leg of lamb, garlic & rosemary Roquefort Salt cod brandade Sole meunière Steak tartare Tarte flambée (flammekueche) Tarte Tatin Veal blanquette Veal sweetbreads with morels Époisses (washed-rind cheese)

Italy

Bistecca alla fiorentina Bollito misto, salsa verde & mostarda Cacio e pepe Eggplant parmigiana Fried seafood platter (fritto misto) Gorgonzola dolce Lasagne alla bolognese Osso buco, gremolata Pizza margherita Porchetta Ribollita (Tuscan bread & kale soup) Salt-baked sea bass Saltimbocca alla romana Spaghetti al pomodoro Spaghetti alla carbonara Spaghetti alle vongole Tiramisu Vitello tonnato Wild mushroom risotto

Iberia

Aged Manchego Aged ox rib steak (chuletón) Andalusian gazpacho Bacalhau à Brás Basque chicken with piperade Blistered Padrón peppers Caldo verde (kale & chouriço soup) Charcoal-grilled sardines Fabada asturiana Galician octopus with paprika Garlic shrimp (gambas al ajillo) Jamón ibérico Ossau-Iraty with black cherry jam Paella valenciana Patatas bravas Roast suckling pig Salt cod al pil-pil Spanish potato omelette Squid-ink black rice with allioli

Rest of Europe

Adana kebab Adjarian khachapuri with egg Beef stroganoff Bigos hunter's stew Blini with smoked salmon and crème fraîche Borscht with sour cream and dill Bryndzové halušky with bacon Chicken Kyiv with garlic-herb butter Chicken paprikash with sour cream Currywurst with curry-ketchup sauce Czech roast pork with dumplings and cabbage Debrecener paprika sausage Draniki potato pancakes with sour cream Fish and chips Georgian khinkali dumplings German beef rouladen Gravlax with mustard-dill sauce Grilled bratwurst with sauerkraut Grilled kielbasa with mustard Grilled sujuk Hungarian goulash Hungarian winter salami Jansson's temptation (potato-anchovy gratin) Jägerschnitzel with mushroom cream sauce Kabanos dry sausages Karelian pasty with egg butter Kaszanka blood sausage with buckwheat and onions Krakowska smoked sausage, sliced Leberkäse with fried egg Lángos with garlic, sour cream and cheese Medisterpølse with braised red cabbage Moussaka Norwegian creamy fish soup Olivier salad Pelmeni with sour cream Pierogi ruskie with browned butter and onions Polish breaded pork cutlet Roast pork knuckle with crackling Sarma stuffed cabbage rolls Shashlik marinated pork skewers Smørrebrød with pickled herring Solyanka sour-salty meat soup Svíčková beef in root-vegetable cream sauce Swedish blood pudding with lingonberries Swedish herring plate (sill assortment) Swedish meatballs with cream sauce and lingonberries Tafelspitz with apple-horseradish Toast Skagen (shrimp and dill on fried bread) Ukrainian salo on rye with garlic Weisswurst with sweet mustard and pretzel Wiener schnitzel Ćevapi with ajvar and flatbread Żurek sour rye soup with sausage and egg

East Asia

Agedashi tofu Assorted tempura (shrimp & vegetables) Beef chow fun Beijing fried sauce noodles (zhajiangmian) Biangbiang noodles with chilli oil Bibimbap Big-plate chicken (dapanji) Bossam (boiled pork belly wraps) Braised chicken with wild mushrooms (xiaoji dun mogu) Braised pork belly (buta no kakuni) Budae-jjigae (army stew) Buddha jumps over the wall (fotiaoqiang) Cantonese barbecued pork (char siu) Cantonese steamed fish, ginger & scallion Chawanmushi (savoury egg custard) Chicken karaage Chicken teriyaki Chongqing chili chicken (la zi ji) Cold soba with dipping sauce (zaru soba) Crossing-the-bridge rice noodles (guoqiao mixian) Dakgalbi (spicy stir-fried chicken) Dan dan noodles Di san xian (braised potato, eggplant & pepper) Doenjang-jjigae (soybean paste stew) Dongpo pork Donkey burger (lürou huoshao) Dorayaki (red-bean pancake sandwich) Dwaeji-bulgogi (spicy pork bulgogi) Fermented ("stinky") mandarin fish Galbi-jjim (braised beef short ribs) Gamjatang (spicy pork bone & potato stew) Goubuli steamed pork buns Grilled eel, kabayaki glaze Guizhou sour soup fish (suan tang yu) Guo bao rou (Dongbei sweet-and-sour crispy pork) Gyudon (simmered beef rice bowl) Haemul-pajeon (seafood & scallion pancake) Hand-pulled salt lamb (shouzhua yangrou) Henan braised lamb noodles (huimian) Hotteok (sweet stuffed pancake) Instant-boiled mutton hotpot (shuan yangrou) Japchae (stir-fried glass noodles) Jjimdak (soy-braised chicken with glass noodles) Katsu curry Kimbap (seaweed rice rolls) Kimchi fried rice Kimchi-jjigae (kimchi & pork stew) Kitsune udon (dashi broth, fried tofu) Knife-cut noodles with aged vinegar (daoxiao mian) Korean BBQ (bulgogi & galbi) Korean fried chicken, yangnyeom glaze Kung pao chicken Lanzhou beef noodle soup Lion's head meatballs (shizi tou) Liuzhou river-snail rice noodles (luosifen) Macanese African chicken Mapo tofu Miso ramen Miso-glazed black cod (saikyo yaki) Mul-naengmyeon (cold buckwheat noodles) Nikujaga (beef & potato stew) Ojingeo-bokkeum (spicy stir-fried squid) Okonomiyaki Oyakodon (chicken & egg rice bowl) Pan-fried pork gyoza Peking duck Pork & century egg congee Pork & chive dumplings with black vinegar (jiaozi) Pork & shrimp dumplings (siu mai) Red-braised pork belly (hongshao rou) Roujiamo (Shaanxi braised pork sandwich) Salt and pepper squid Salt-grilled mackerel (saba shioyaki) Salt-grilled yakitori (shio) Samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly) Samgyetang (ginseng chicken soup) Shabu-shabu with ponzu and sesame dips Shanghai soup dumplings (xiaolongbao) Sichuan boiled fish in chili oil (shui zhu yu) Sichuan hot pot Steamed BBQ pork buns (char siu bao) Steamed fish head with chopped chilli (duojiao yutou) Steamed shrimp dumplings (har gow) Sukiyaki Sundubu-jjigae (spicy soft tofu stew) Sunomono (vinegared cucumber & octopus) Sushi & sashimi Sweet and sour pork Sweet-and-sour carp (tangcu liyu) Taiwanese beef noodle soup (niu rou mian) Taiwanese braised pork rice (lu rou fan) Takoyaki Tamagoyaki (rolled omelette) Three-cup chicken (san bei ji) Tibetan yak momos with chilli sauce Tonkatsu (breaded pork cutlet) Tonkotsu ramen Tteokbokki (spicy rice cakes) Wagyu beef teppanyaki West Lake vinegar fish White cut chicken, ginger-scallion oil Wonton noodle soup Wuhan hot dry noodles (reganmian) Xinjiang cumin lamb skewers Yakitori with tare glaze Yangzhou fried rice Yunnan wild mushroom hotpot

South & SE Asia

Aloo gobi Baingan bharta Beef pho Beef rendang Butter chicken Bánh mì Bún bò Huế (spicy beef noodle soup) Bún chả (grilled pork with vermicelli) Caramelized fish in clay pot (cá kho tộ) Chana masala Char kway teow Chettinad pepper chicken Chicken adobo Chicken satay, peanut sauce Chicken tikka masala Coconut laksa (laksa lemak) Crispy Vietnamese crêpe (bánh xèo) Dal tadka Fresh summer rolls (gỏi cuốn) Gado-gado Goan fish curry Green papaya salad (som tam) Gulab jamun Hainanese chicken rice Hyderabadi haleem Keema matar Kerala fish moilee Khao soi (northern Thai curry noodles) Lamb biryani Lamb rogan josh Lechon kawali (crispy pork belly) Malai kofta Mango sticky rice Masala dosa Massaman beef curry Nasi goreng Nasi lemak Pad thai Pork larb (herb salad) Pork sinigang (sour tamarind soup) Pork stir-fry with holy basil (pad krapow) Pork vindaloo Rajma Saag paneer Samosa chaat Singapore chili crab Tandoori chicken Thai green chicken curry Tom yum goong (hot & sour shrimp soup)

Middle East & Africa

Americas

Ackee and saltfish Ají de gallina Anticuchos Arepas reina pepiada Argentine asado with chimichurri Arroz con pollo Baked mac and cheese Bandeja paisa BBQ pork ribs Beef birria Beef empanadas Brazilian cheese bread Buffalo wings, blue cheese dip Carnitas Causa limeña Ceviche Cheeseburger Chicken and andouille gumbo Chicken mole poblano Chile relleno Chiles en nogada Choripán Cioppino Cobb salad Cochinita pibil Cuban sandwich Enchiladas verdes Feijoada Fish moqueca Fish Veracruz-style Grilled picanha Grilled salmon Guacamole with tortilla chips Jamaican jerk chicken Jambalaya Key lime pie Lobster roll Lomo saltado Maryland crab cakes Mofongo Montreal smoked meat on rye Nashville hot chicken New England clam chowder Pastel de choclo Pecan pie Philly cheesesteak Poutine Pulled pork sandwich Québec meat pie (tourtière) Red pork pozole Ropa vieja Shrimp and grits Southern fried chicken Tacos al pastor Tamales Texas smoked brisket