List your all time favorite food/wine pairing

[R_A_Rowe]

Port and blue cheese

Champagne and shellfish/caviar

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

Champagne and raw salmon with caviar

aged CdP and osso bucco

German Riesling and spicy Thai food (esp. papaya salad or beef salad)


… can’t decide between those three.

Oysters and a bone dry steely white is probably 4th place.

[Tom_Moore]

2001 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series with a citrusy himachi (yellowtail sashimi). The wine came alive after taking a bite of the fish. Back in 1988, never forget it.

[Keith_Levenberg]

@Tom Moore

2001 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series with a citrusy himachi (yellowtail sashimi). The wine came alive after taking a bite of the fish. Back in 1988, never forget it.

I’d be pretty amazed if someone had poured me a 2001 in 1988, too!

[Robert.A.Jr]

My faves:

Sauternes and pate de foie gras

Maine lobster and a buttery ass chard (though, I must admit a petrol-heavy Reisling works for me)

Oysters and an Albarino

Sheez, and I’m actually a red wine guy . . . .

[Craig_G]

@Blake Brown

Champagne and anything.

Including nothing.

Not sure these are the best, but they were great and a little unexpected:

RRV Pinot Noir (Dehlinger Goldridge) and chicken noodle soup.

Sauternes (1986 Doisy Daene) and Robiola di Valsassina cheese.

[Danny_M_a_z_z_a]

Again maybe not the best but worked pretty dam well…

Tocai Friulano and Popcorn

[Christopher_Atwell]

Here’s a weird one that somehow worked for Easter;

Corned beef and cabbage with a good Chateauneuf-du-Pape

[Craig_G]

@Claude Kolm

As for a particular meal, about 12-14 years ago, I was dining alone in Mondragon after having finished up a tasting trip-- 1983 Bernard Burgaud Côte-Rôtie and truffle omelette. Amazing what each bite and sip brought to the other – I’ve never experienced anything like that again.

Hey, I had that same truffle omelette about 12-14 years ago, with 1994 Ch. de Beaucastel Blanc. Maybe we can generalize: La Beaugraviere’s truffle omelette with whatever you’re drinking from their list!

[todd_waldmann]

@Ron Kramer

@Bill Tex Landreth

Sushi and 2007 CdP from magnum…

Interesting, I would have never thought that would work. Why did it?

It’s only haters who don’t get this pairing.

[Pau1_M3nk3s]

Some great and memorable white wine pairings:
Sauternes and Seared Fois Gras - wow! (1990 Yquem)
Roast lobster and White Bordeaux - wow! (2003 Pavillion)
Seared scallops and Loire Chenin Blanc - wow! (2001 Chateau d’Epire)
And seafood salad and Chateauneuf du Pape - wow! (2001 Clos du Caillou)

(The CDP was blanco and not from magnum…)

[Walt_Hoehler]

Great steak and Cabernet
Gnocchi and Barolo
Sauternes and Fois Gras
Austrian Riesling and Turkey

[Paul_McCourt]

I have a soft spot for Sauternes and Fois Gras. The first time that I had this was at my first “fancy” business dinner at the old Daniel. Wow! Up until then, wine was just some pleasant drink, but that meal combination taught me how magical food and wine could be together.

[W_Leonard]

@Claude Kolm

In general, probably roquefort (or any blue cheese) with Sauternes.

Roquefort and Clape Cornas with age

[Robert.Fleming]

@W. Leonard

Roquefort and Clape Cornas with age

Wow.
That one surprises me.
I would love to try it - with your Cornas.

[Tom_Moore]

@Keith Levenberg

@Tom Moore

2001 Leeuwin Estate Chardonnay Art Series with a citrusy himachi (yellowtail sashimi). The wine came alive after taking a bite of the fish. Back in 1988, never forget it.

I’d be pretty amazed if someone had poured me a 2001 in 1988, too!

ha!! 2008