What wine with cheese fondue?
Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.
Comté, Beaufort and Emmental melted in white wine: logic says you serve at the table the same register that went into the pot. A dry, lively Savoie white lightens every bite; a Jura white adds a hazelnut note that loves Comté.
White
Dry, lively, alpine: it cuts the melted cheese instead of weighing it down.
How to use these pairings
A good pairing balances the dish and the wine: neither should dominate. The suggestions above are proven classics for the category, not rules: the preparation, the sauce and your taste matter more. When in doubt, the regional pairing (the wine from the dish's homeland) rarely fails.
What about your cellar?
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