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My favourite food pairings with Viognier

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on April 28 2023 at 07:37

Viognier (pronounced vee-on-yee-ay) is a rich, exotically fruity white wine, sometimes achieving quite high levels of alcohol so what are the ideal foods to pair with it?

It generally goes well with the sort of ingredients and dishes that match well with chardonnay and oaked chenin blancs but with a spicier twist.

Viognier food pairings

* Top of my list would be mild creamy curries like kormas or spicy south-east Asian curries. Even curries made with curry powder work well as do spicy dishes with a hint of peach or apricot, echoing the flavours in the wine

* mild spicy noodle dishes like Pad Thai

* chicken salads with apricot, peach or mango like coronation chicken

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Comments: 2 (Add)

Fiona Beckett on August 17 2021 at 21:55

I did a big round-up for Decanter not so long ago which you might find useful https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews-tastings/my-top-20-viognier-wines-beyond-the-rho%CC%82ne-451830/

Nick Brett on August 17 2021 at 17:16

Was also hoping you would point us towards some of the best Viognier about at the moment?

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