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Food and wine pairing

Alsace Riesling

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Alsace Riesling

Still white wine(s)

Serve at 08-10°C or 46-50 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 5 to 10 years old.

This drink pairs well with 568 dishes:

Hot Starters

Vol-au-vent

Vol-au-vent
Vol-au-vent : a round puff pastry shell intended to serve several people (with a diameter of at least 15 centimeters), filled with a mixture of meat, sweetbreads, fish, shellfish, snails, mushrooms… all bound together with a sauce (bisque, béchamel, cream, Nantua sauce…).
Prefer a pairing with the sauce or the garnish.
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Cheeses

Wabash Cannonball

Wabash Cannonball
United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind rind coated in ash.
Ripening : 7 to 10 days.
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Cheeses

Weisslacker

Weisslacker
Germany. Baviera. United States. Wisconsin.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized cow's milk with a washed rind.
Ripening : 7 months.
Prefer a pairing with a young (1 to 2 years old) with a good acidity.
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Cheeses

Winnimere

Winnimere
United States. Vermont.
Soft-ripened cheese made from raw cow's milk with a washed rind encircled with a strip of spruce bark.
Prefer a pairing with a dry wine.
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Cold starters

Zakuski

Zakuski
Russia.
Various appetizers served with the aperitif (caviar, cold cuts, smoked or marinated fish, malossol pickles, salads…).
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Seafish

Zarzuela

Zarzuela
Spain. Catalonia. Valencia.
Mixture of shellfish, crustaceans and fish simmered in a sauce (sofregit) based on olive oil with garlic, herbs, onion, tomato, etc
Like a paella without rice .
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Pizza, Quiche, Tart, Pie

Zwiebelkuchen

Zwiebelkuchen
Germany. Hesse Rhineland. Palatinate.
Onion tart with diced bacon, cream and caraway seeds.
Prefer a regional pairing.
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