What wine with fish?
Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.
Delicate fish calls for crisp, saline whites rather than tannic reds. The richer the sauce, the rounder the white can be: grilled fish and fish in a cream sauce do not ask for the same intensity.
White
A dry, taut white underlines the delicate flesh; a rounder white suits fish served in a sauce.
Sparkling
Bubbles refresh fried and smoked fish.
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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