Agreement between dishes and wines

A romantic dinner, friends who come over unexpectedly, a family meal to be organized …
The variety of wines of Alsace allows to put them in the honor in very varied occasions: delicate and sophisticated to mark the moments of the life the most solemn, full of aromas to bewitch your dinner guests from the apéritif, simply cool and thirst-quenching for all the good greedy moments. In every occasion its wine of Alsace!

 

And because it's not always easy to find the good agreement between dishes and wines, we propose you a selection of dishes accompanied with some wines of the Vineyard SEILLY which seem to us the best suited.

 

Some advices about the agreements between dishes and wines

A successful agreement has to glorify the dish and the wine, the first one not in front of not to erase the second and vice and poured.

Succession of wines

From the lightest to the strongest, from the youngest to the oldest (except for cheese)

Colors of wines

White wines on fishes, poultry and  meats with white flesh
Red wines on fishes as tuna or with a red wine sauce, poultry as a duck and red meats

Type of agreement to be respected

Light wine on light dish
Subtle wine on refined dish
Powerful wine on dish to the pronounced or spicy taste

 

Temperature of wine

It plays an essential role and must be adapted to the nature and the temperature of the dish.
Champagne or sparkling wine in apéritif: 10-12°c
White wine on a cold starter: 8-10°c
White wine on an entry or a warm dish: 10-14°c

Light red wine on a cold starter: 14-16°c
Red wine on a warm dish: 16-18°c
White natural sweet wine: 8°c
Syrupy wine: 8-10°c