Food & Wine Pairings

Need help picking a wine to go with dinner? Or, ideas for what to eat with that new wine you bought? We make it easy. Here are three different ways to get pairing advice:

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Start with sauces and flavorings:
Wine Fact of the Day

Only about 10% of the wine grapes grown in California are grown in the famous Napa and Sonoma Valleys.

Wine Question of the Day

Q: Is the Pinotage grape variety of South Africa a new grape variety, or has wine been produced from this grape for some time?

A: Pinotage, the South African cross between Pinot Noir and Cinsault, was first bred in 1925, but didn’t become popular until 1959 when Pinotage wines began winning awards.


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