Ham

Cured pork brings salt, smoke, and often a sweet glaze to the table.

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Ham — wine by wine

Best Match

The dish Ham

The wine Off-dry Riesling

Why it works

Ham is salty first, with smoke and sweetness close behind. Off-dry Riesling works here because its gentle sweetness, low alcohol, and bright acidity cool spice, flatter salt, and refresh rich sauces. That makes the match feel deliberate: letting a little sweetness flatter salt and savoriness, staying in the same weight class as the dish, with the wine refreshing the next bite rather than stealing the spotlight.

Wine style

Off-dry Riesling mid

A lightly sweet, high-acid white style for spice, salt, pork, and aromatic cuisines.

Prosecco-style Charmat sparkling wine

Prosecco-style Charmat sparkling wine works here because its easy fruit, light bubbles, and freshness keep salty snacks, simple desserts, and casual fried foods lively.

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Fino or Manzanilla Sherry

Fino or Manzanilla Sherry works here because its bone-dry, saline, almondy profile is outstanding with salt, seafood, olives, ham, and briny flavors.

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Crisp light red

Crisp light red works here because it gives red-fruit lift, high refreshment, and very little tannin, so the wine stays nimble around salt, herbs, and lighter proteins.

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Dry Provençal-style rosé

Dry Provençal-style rosé works here because its dry red-fruit core, citrus edge, and light tannin bridge vegetables, seafood, poultry, and Mediterranean herbs.

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