Viognier Food Pairing
Here is a list of food items that make an ideal pairing with your
Viognier wine provided by EatDrinkDine.com and a few ideas
of my own:


·        Honey BBQ chicken wings, sautéed or terrine foie gras,
crab cakes, smoked salmon, trout or shellfish, chicken, goose
or duck liver pate’s, fruit based appetizers or desserts

·        Bacon, pancetta, prociutto or cold cut meats

·        Blue-veined cheeses like Gorgonzola or Maytag, cream
styled cheeses like cottage, fromage blanc or cream cheese,
chevre or goat cheese, hard aged cheeses like Asiago, Parmesan
and Reggiano, Mozzarella, semi-hard cheeses like Mild
Cheddar, Fontina, Gouda, Jarlsberg or Swiss, and soft-rind
cheeses like Brie or Camembert

·        Apples, pears, peaches, apricots, pineapples, mangos,
mandarin oranges, kiwis and bananas

·        New England Clam Chowder, seafood bisque or chowder,
oyster stew, French Onion, chicken or turkey, Vichyssoise and
Bouillabaisse soups

·        Pasta, potato, chicken and Chinese chicken, crab or
shrimp louis, lobster and chef’s salads

·        Sautéed scallops, soft-shell crab, poached oysters,
Lobster Newburg, boiled or steamed lobster or crab

·        Sautéed Halibut, Mahi Mahi, Red Snapper, Rock Cod,
Sea Bass, Sole, Swordfish, Tilapia and Trout, smoked Salmon
or Trout, baked Rock Cod, Sea Bass or Swordfish, Halibut or
Sole in butter or cream sauce, Sole Almandine or in lemon
sauce, pan-seared Tuna and Seafood Brochette

·        Chicken in butter, cream or white wine sauce, chicken pot
pie, chicken baked, barbecued, broiled, roasted or fried,
Chicken Satay or Teriyaki, roasted Cornish hen or turkey

·        Roasted game hen or quail, rabbit

·        Baked ham, pork chops, pork roast, pork tenderloin,
pork ribs, veal chops, veal roast, veal marsala or scallopine

·        BLT Sandwich, fish and chips, hot dogs, salami or cold
cuts sandwich

·        Avocado, carrots sautéed or glazed, corn on the cob,
sautéed mushrooms, potatoes baked, mashed or sautéed,
creamed spinach, acorn or butternut squash, sweet potatoes
and tofu

·        Crepes, Gnocchi with cheese, cream or seafood sauce,
macaroni and cheese, pasta with carbonara, cheese, cream,
alfredo or seafood sauce, Pizza with Canadian bacon and
pineapple

·        Chinese barbecue pork, Moo Shoo pork, Sweet and Sour
Pork, Twice Cooked pork, Orange chicken, Egg Rolls and Hot
and Sour soup

·        Beef or seafood with curry and coconut milk, chicken
with hot chiles and basil, Pad Thai, Sukiyaki fish or chicken
and spring rolls

·        Tandoori fish or chicken, chicken, lamb or seafood with
curry, blackened fish Creole or Cajun style, chicken with mole
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