Cheese
6 dishes with wine suggestions.
Blue Cheese
Roquefort, Stilton, and blue cheeses are salty, pungent, and intense.
Port-style fortified red
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Sweet Tokaji or Sauternes-style dessert wine
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Off-dry Riesling
mid
Cheese Board
A mixed cheese board asks for versatility across salt, rind, cream, and funk.
Traditional-method sparkling wine
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Sweet Tokaji or Sauternes-style dessert wine
splurge
Off-dry Riesling
mid
Fresh Goat Cheese
Fresh goat cheese is tangy, creamy, and often paired with herbs or salad.
Aromatic Sauvignon Blanc
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Crisp mineral Loire-style white
mid
Dry Provençal-style rosé
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Hard Aged Cheese
Parmesan, Pecorino, and similar cheeses are salty, nutty, and concentrated.
Amontillado or Oloroso Sherry
mid
Aged Nebbiolo
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Traditional-method sparkling wine
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Soft Bloomy Cheese
Brie and Camembert styles are creamy, mushroomy, and rind-driven.
Traditional-method sparkling wine
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Oaked buttery Chardonnay
mid
Dry Provençal-style rosé
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Washed-Rind Cheese
Taleggio, Epoisses, and similar cheeses are pungent, salty, and rich.
Off-dry Riesling
mid
Traditional-method sparkling wine
splurge
Amontillado or Oloroso Sherry
mid
