ContactMessage BoardsLinks  Home  
 
Featured Chefs
Gourmet Articles
Environmental Kitchen
Cookbook Reviews
Recipe File
The Wine Guy
Tasting Wine - Stimulating your Senses
The Singapore Sling
Book Review - Chardonnay
Ask The Wine Guy
Pairing Wine
Career Center
Ask An Expert
Search
Wines With Sashimi & Sushi
wine guywines with sashimi & sushi

Photograhp By chef Andrea SacchiAll too often the only option that comes to mind is sake when one selects a beverage to compliment flavors of sushi and sashimi. This month we asked the super wine savvy - Christophe Le Chatton, to make a couple of alternative suggestions...

With fresh seafood particularly I look for freshness and acidity with some touch of mineral or floral flavors to enhance the components of the raw fish. The acidity is critical to cut through the fatty component of the fish and necessary to keep the longevity and harmony of flavors together.

I would keep away from red wine and wine grape varietals that have been exposed to oak aging, as it would overpower the delicacy of the dish.

Certain dry rose or light champagne could also be a welcome alternative otherwise one of the following would work well.

· Riesling Zind Humbrecht
· Tokay Pinot Gris Joameyer Grand Cru
· M. Deiss
· Pouilly Fume Silex D. Daguenau
· Chateau Carbannieux Blanc
· Chateau Margaux Blanc

Back to Top
 
 
Copyright © 2008