
: French Scout Find articles or wine shops : fr enhanced in 2019 Matching wine with food How to combine wines with the menu Herebelow are basic principles . If you have a specific varietal wine and you wonder which food would match you will find suggestions in my primer on types of wines Avoid The following food damages wine tasting spice , garlic , vinegar to be replaced by white wine raw fruits . You should also : Avoid red meat with white wines or sweet wines . Avoid fish , raw vegetables , and goat cheese , with red wines that dry the palate but think of trying a cool Gamay or a fruity Pinot or even a dry white wine Avoid desserts , Foie Gras , and very strong cheeses Munster , blue cheese with Loire Cabernet , pink wine , or crisp white such as dry Loire , Champagne or Vinho Verde