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Suggestions for wine pairings for a special dinner?
I need two wines...one for appetizer thru main course and another for dessert. Following is my menu:
appetizer
crab stuffed mushroom
with artichoke croustades
soup/salad
lobster bisque
baby spinach/butter lettuce/strawberry salad
with candied pecans and a peach balsamic vinaigrette
main course
beef tenderloin and herb crusted roasted potatoes
dessert
lemon pudding flan
with white chocolate curls
I wouldn't be adverse to a nice liqueur in place of a wine for dessert, so long as it pairs well with the main wine. Help!!!
PS any suggestions on the menu?
3 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Champagne should work great with your appetizers, soup and salad. It's one of the few non-reds that will pair with mushrooms and should be perfect with lobster bisque as well as the fruit in the salad.
Main - needs a big red. Pick any of them - Cab, Syrah, Merlot, Zin, Pinot.
There is absolutely no wine in existence that you can pair with beef and also a lemon dessert. Even hanging onto some of the Champagne for dessert sounds like a bad pairing.
Lemon desserts need something like a Late Harvest Riesling or some sweet Riesling. Or a Moscato di Asti, though you've already done bubbles. Any non-red / brown dessert wine would be good.
I don't recommend pairing a liquer with a dessert - it's just too much sweet on sweet - unless it's a chocolate dessert (though it can still get too sweet).
- 1 decade ago
To compliment the seafood go with a Riesling or Sauvignon blanc. For desert Pinot Noir or a cabernet would be great with the chocolate.
- MurrayLv 61 decade ago
http://www.cheers2wine.com/crab-stuffed-mushrooms-...
http://www.winedin.com/pair_food_wine.php
http://www.winedin.com/pair_food_wine.php?food=Bee...
My machine crashed so I didn't make the last one. http://www.winedin.com/Lemon
I'm sure you can figure out which two wines you want.