Kosher Wine Guides
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What Wine Goes With Cholent?
Cholent flattens a delicate wine. Here is why it is hard to pair, what to look for in a red that can handle it, why mevushal matters at the day meal, and ten bottles that work.
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What Wine Goes With Fish?
Fish is not one flavor, so there is no one wine for it. Salmon, gefilte fish, fried fish, tuna and lox each want something different, with a kosher bottle named for every one.
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What Wine Goes With Chicken?
Chicken takes more wines than beef does, and the cooking method decides the pairing, not the bird. Roast, lemon, fried, grilled and sweet-glazed chicken, each with a kosher bottle that fits.
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What Is Pinot Noir? The Light Red That Goes With Everything
Pinot Noir is the lightest of the big three reds - pale, low in tannin, built on cherry and raspberry. What it tastes like, why it costs what it does, and which kosher bottles to start with.
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What Wine Goes With Steak?
Dry red with real tannin, Cabernet first. Tannin binds to the fat and both taste better. Which kosher bottle fits which cut, from $15 to a milestone. -
Wine and Food Pairing, Simplified
Three rules cover almost every meal: match weight to weight, use acid against fat and salt, and pair the sauce not the protein. Written for a kosher table. -
Chanukah Wine and Spirits: What to Pour and Gift
Chanukah food is fried, so pour sparkling wine and crisp whites that cut the oil. Here is what to serve with latkes and sufganiyot, and what to gift.
