Pairing
- How do you build a cheese board? Pick a few cheeses that differ in milk and texture, serve them at room temperature, and give each its own knife.
- Pairing Cheese What goes with cheese: wine, beer, cider and whiskey, plus the fruit, nuts, honey and bread on the plate, with charts for 14 common cheeses.
- What are tannins in wine? Tannins are the compounds in grape skins, seeds and oak that make wine feel dry and puckery. Reds have far more than whites.
- What bread and crackers go best with cheese? Keep them plain so the cheese is what you taste: thin baguette, plain crackers, and whole grain for blue.
- What cheese goes with beer? Match the strength of the beer to the cheese: light beers with fresh cheese, dark beers with strong cheese.
- What cheese goes with cider? Camembert with Normandy cider, cheddar with English West Country cider, and sweet ciders with blue cheese.
- What cheese goes with red wine? Match the weight of the wine to the cheese: lighter reds with softer cheeses, fuller reds with aged hard ones.
- What cheese goes with white wine or Champagne? Crisp whites and Champagne suit fresh and soft cheeses, and Pinot Grigio and Champagne go with the most cheeses.
- What fruit and nuts go with cheese? Grapes, pears, apples and figs for something fresh or sweet, and walnuts, almonds and pecans for crunch.
- What goes with blue cheese? Something sweet to balance the salt: honey, figs, walnuts, port, stout or a sweet cider.
- What wine or whiskey goes with cheese? Match the strength of the drink to the strength of the cheese. Some starting points for wine and whiskey.
- Why do sweet and salty go together with cheese? Cheese is salty and rich, and something sweet balances the salt while something sharp or fizzy cuts the richness.