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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?

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    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.

  • Murray
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago
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