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Food and wine pairing

Bandol rosé

Bandol rosé

Serve at 10-12°C or 50-54 °F.

Can be drunk from : 1 year.
Aging potential (estimation) : 3 to 5 years old.

This drink pairs well with 222 dishes:

Cheeses

Rocamadour

Rocamadour
France. Occitania. Lot. Tarn-et-Garonne. (Quercy).
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a bloomy rind.
Ripening : 6 days minimum.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Cheeses

Rogeret des Cévennes

Rogeret des Cévennes
France. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Ardèche. Vivarais.
Soft-ripened cheese made goat’s milk with a natural rind.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Cheeses

Sainte-Maure de Touraine

Sainte-Maure de Touraine
France. Centre-Val de Loire. Indre-et-Loire. Sainte-Maure de Touraine.
Soft-ripened goat cheese made from whole raw milk with a natural rind of mold ranging from light grey to bluish grey, salted and ash-covered on the surface, adorned with a stalk of rye engraved with the producer's name.
Ripening : 10 days minimum.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Seafish

Salmon tartare

Salmon tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Shellfish and Seafood

Scallops with americaine sauce

Scallops with americaine 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."
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Seafish

Sea bass tartare

Sea bass tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Seafish

Sea bream tartare

Sea bream tartare
Tartare : raw ingredient cut into cubes, brunoise, or coarsely chopped, with a strong seasoning.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Cheeses

Selles-sur-Cher

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.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Seafish

Sète-style bourride

Sète-style bourride
Bourride : fish stew stewed together with a brunoise of vegetables served with aioli or mayonnaise with olive accompanied by croutons rubbed with garlic oil.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Shakshouka

Shakshouka
Maghreb.
Shakshouka : poached eggs in a sauce with onions, peppers and tomatoes, usualy seasoned with cumin, paprika, and harissa.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Miscellaneous

Shashlik

Shashlik
Armenia, Estonia, Georgia, Iran, Uzbekistan, Russia, Tajikistan…
Meat skewers (leg of lamb, sometimes beef or pork), aged and marinated in a flavored vinaigrette.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Appetizers and Amuse-bouches

Socca

Socca
France. Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. Alpes-Maritimes.
Thin galette made from chickpea flour and olive oil cooked and browned over a wood fire.
Served hot.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Cheeses

Sofia

Sofia
United States. Indiana.
Soft-ripened cheese made from pasteurized goat’s milk with a natural rind coated in edible vegetable ash, and containing two additional layers of ash cutting the cheese.
Ripening : 1 week.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti bolognese

Spaghetti bolognese
Bolognese sauce : meat-based sauce with soffritto (the Italian version of a mirepoix) made from onion, celery, and carrot. The various meats are minced or finely chopped and slow-cooked.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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Mushrooms, Vegetables, Pasta and Rice

Spaghetti carbonara

Spaghetti carbonara
Italy. Lazio.
Carbonara : pasta dish with eggs, cheese (pecorino romano or parmigiano reggiano), bacon (guanciale or pancetta), black pepper and sometimes cream.
Prefer a pairing with a wine aged 1 to 3 years old.
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