Yikes! Wine advice needed.

[Eric_Lundblad]

@LMD Ermitaño

@Andrew Morris

Arneis, the white Nebbiolo.

I know you did not ask about this part, but don’t put too much tomato in the Osso Bucco. It overpowers the flavor of the dish.

I second the motion. The one by Bruno Giacosa would do nicely I’d say.

I also agree with the Arneis idea…and the tomato issue. In fact, I’d leave the tomato out completely. Anna Del Conte, my fav italian cookbook author, has a recipe for Osso Buco Milanese Style that uses no tomato and uses white wine (and Gremolada).

[Brad_B_a_l_l_i_n_g_e_r]

Vin Jaune. Then they’ll be begging you for a glass of red.

[Ken_V]

@Brad Ballinger

Vin Jaune. Then they’ll be begging you for a glass of red.

[Peter_Kleban]

@Ken V

@Charlie Fu

If someone says they only drink white wine, I feel fairly confident their reason is always “red wine gives me headaches”. Prove them wrong from the crap they always drink and serve them something good

And if they say no, would you tie them up and pour the red wine down their gullet as in your avatar?

Sure. How could they possibly know what’s good for them unless you do?

[Brian_G_r_a_f_s_t_r_o_m]

@Ken V

@Brad Ballinger

Vin Jaune. Then they’ll be begging you for a glass of red.

+1 to the

[Andrew_Morris]

@Ken V

@Andrew Morris

Arneis, the white Nebbiolo. . .

I assume you mean this in some metaphorical sense? There is actually a white wine made from Nebbiolo in the Valtellina where Nebbiolo is known as “Chiavennasca”. Rainoldi makes a good one.

Yes, exactly. I have seen it stated that way, but as you point out, it not the same grape. It is from the same place and sometimes inter-plnated with Nebbiolo, from what I gather. Still a fine pairing with Osso Bucco for white drinkers.

[David_Coffey]

While I wince at the “white wine only” crowd, I would consider a traditional white Rioja as an option. Also, someone alluded to the Alsatian reliance on Pinot Gris for rich meat and poultry dishes, and I think a good Pinot Gris with some bottle age would work well.

[Scott_G_r_u_n_e_r]

champagne goes with everything…

[teddemop]

Hmmm, they must be cute

[Chris_Seiber]

@Charles Weiss

@Ken V

Matching the wine to people is harder and more important than matching the wine to the food.

Most profound wine-related thing I’ve read in a while (though I may need to get out more).
Charles

I completely agree. I particularly think this is true at things like Thanksgiving dinner, where wine people obsess over what unusual wines go most optimally with the food being served, when they probably should be giving more thought to what wines would be enjoyed by the people who are going to attend.

[Gabriel_Herrmann]

Radikon.

or sherry.

[Doug_Lee]

Ken,

That really was a great post. I assume way too much about people’s wine preferences, and in particular that their preferences are the same as mine.

BTW I like the white Rhone suggestion (that’s just for me, now).

Cheers,
Doug