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Food and wine pairing

Alsace Gewurztraminer

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Alsace Gewurztraminer

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 3 years.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

This drink pairs well with 362 dishes:

Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Seafood quiche

Seafood quiche
Quiche : shortcrust pastry topped with a mixture of eggs and cream combined with seafood, vegetables, meat, and/or cheese.
Served hot or cold.
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Seafish

Smoked salmon

Smoked salmon
The richer the smoked salmon, more the wine must be marked by the acidity.
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 2 to 5 years old.
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Cheeses

Soumaintrain

Soumaintrain
France. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Yonne.
Soft-ripened cow's milk cheese with a marc de Bourgogne washed rind, light yellow to ochre in color.
Ripening : 3 to 8 weeks.
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Main courses

Spicy gumbo

Spicy gumbo
United States. Louisiana.
Gumbo : a vegetable stew (celery, onion, bell pepper) with a thick, highly aromatic broth, to which seafood (typically crab, shrimp, or lobster) or meat (quail, duck, chicken, and smoked meats like andouille, ham, sausage) is added at the end of cooking.
Dish usually served with rice.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with few residual sugar.
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Shellfish and Seafood

Squid in american sauce

Squid in american sauce
American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."American sauce : a tomato-based sauce blended with softened butter, crushed lobster roe and eggs, all strained.
In France, by mistake, the "American sauce" can be distorted into "sauce armoricaine."
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Cheeses

Stinking bishop

Stinking bishop
United Kingdom. Gloucestershire.
Soft-ripened cheese made from cow's milk with a perry-washed rind orange-colored.
Serve with the most mature cheeses.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with few residual sugar.
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Summer roll

Summer roll
Vietnam.
Summer roll : shrimp, vegetables, or beef or pork wrapped in raw rice paper (bánh tráng).
Served cold.
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Pork

Sweet and sour pork

Sweet and sour pork
Chine. Canton.
Pork dish made with small square-cut pieces, deep-fried and served in a sauce made from ketchup mixed with sugar or honey, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and sometimes pineapple, carrot, chopped onions, and/or pepper.
Prefer a pairing with a wine with some residual sugar.
Prefer a pairing with a wine of at least 5 years old.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.
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