Definition: food and wine pairings

Which wine should you serve as an aperitif with grilled vegetables? What goes well with shellfish and crustaceans? Grilled meat, stew? With a chocolate dessert, white wine or red wine?

With nearly 800 wine recommendations paired with 80 different types of dishes and recipes, this guide will quickly become indispensable for finding the perfect pairing!

Their independent judgement and knowledge of the world's vineyards have made Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve internationally renowned experts.

In 2006, they published "Les 365 plus grands vins du monde" (The 365 greatest wines in the world) and since 2007, their "Grand guide des vins de France" (Great guide to French wines) has established itself as a benchmark for wine buying guides.

Recommendations for the best foods to accompany a wine, and vice versa, as well as advice on the serving temperature of wine and whether or not it needs to be decanted or aerated by decanting.

See also the entries "Food and wine pairings" and "Food and wine pairings".