What wine with sauerkraut?
Food and wine pairing · classic benchmarks: the preparation and your taste come first.
Fermented cabbage, smoked meats: choucroute garnie is the absolute regional pairing. A dry Alsace white, Riesling first, cuts the fat and answers the cabbage's acidity better than any red.
White
Dry and straight: the wine's acidity echoes the cabbage's.
Sparkling
A brut Crémant d'Alsace lightens the dish from start to finish.
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.
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