Red wine with Asian food?

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drssouth

Stephen South
Typically I associate white wine with Asian food. Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir. I'm thinking perhaps Spanish with Grenache,. Any thoughts? I have pretty much any type of red wine one might consider
 
Asian is a pretty broad category that can encompass dishes with lots of structural similarity to 'Western' food.

But, to the extent that gentle spice is likely to creep into the mix and to the extent that things are not too heavy, I would think that a lighter red wine might work, Pineau d'Aunis for example.

But, heavier food might go better with your grenache. So many variables here.
 
Agree with Rahsaan: Without better information, your vin rouge could be poured next to sweet General Tso's Chicken, tangy Larb Gai, robust Massaman Curry, and who knows what else. So head for food-friendly, mid-weight (or less), good acidity (there's a shocker for this board). Pineau d'aunis is a good choice; one of the Dashe "Enfant", a zippy Barbera, Beaujolais Nouveau?
 
Well, I cooked "Asian" last night and drank with leftover xinomavro. It wasn't "a match", but drank well enough if you could excuse the furry little tannins on the back end.
 
originally posted by drssouth:
Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir.
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Who are these people?

And second, frankly, given what they ask and their shibboleths, does it really matter what you bring?
 
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originally posted by drssouth:
Red wine with Asian food?Typically I associate white wine with Asian food. Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir. I'm thinking perhaps Spanish with Grenache,. Any thoughts? I have pretty much any type of red wine one might consider
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Take a bottle of Dönnhoff Spätlese and tell them you accidentally grabbed the wrong bottle.

If they try to order red wine, try the northern European limit of marginal viticulture.
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by drssouth:
Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir.
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Who are these people?

And second, frankly, given what they ask and their shibboleths, does it really matter what you bring?
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they have 5000 bottles of wine
but

1. zero Chardonnay from any country
2. zero Pinot Noir from any country
(exceptions are 400 bottles of Champagne)
3. zero Cabernet
4. Ton of Alsatian whites, one producer only
5. lots of old (70's) German Riesling
6. a fair amount of Piedmont reds

Very focused??
 
originally posted by drssouth:
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by drssouth:
Friends are inviting us out and I am to bring the Red wine. They don't like Pinot Noir.
Click to expand...

Who are these people?

And second, frankly, given what they ask and their shibboleths, does it really matter what you bring?
Click to expand...

they have 5000 bottles of wine
but

1. zero Chardonnay from any country
2. zero Pinot Noir from any country
(exceptions are 400 bottles of Champagne)
3. zero Cabernet
4. Ton of Alsatian whites, one producer only
5. lots of old (70's) German Riesling
6. a fair amount of Piedmont reds

Very focused??
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Option 5. Perhaps Auslese? Really it depends on the sugar/spice level in the food.
 
Loire Cab Franc. From my experience, it goes remarkably well -- for a red wine -- with Chinese food that's not over the top spicy. And I recently had a bottle of Chinon with phenomenally good Indian food. It didn't match every dish, but it was great with some of them.
 
Can you please narrow down what is meant by Asian here?

I have a hard time finding something that will match whole fish with Ginger, Pho, Smoked Tea Duck, Chong Qing chicken, Lamb Vindaloo, kimchi AND sushi.

If we're lucky you're talking Tandoori chicken or pork tonkatsu. Then it becomes easy.
 
originally posted by Bruce K:
Loire Cab Franc. From my experience, it goes remarkably well -- for a red wine -- with Chinese food that's not over the top spicy. And I recently had a bottle of Chinon with phenomenally good Indian food. It didn't match every dish, but it was great with some of them.
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Sure, but Baudry Domaine rather than Rougeard Poyeux, most likely.

And no one has clarified yet what food they are actually eating so we are all firing blanks. Saying Chinese means little as well without some regional qualification.
 
originally posted by mark e:
And no one has clarified yet what food they are actually eating so we are all firing blanks. Saying Chinese means little as well without some regional qualification.
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Can you give me a good rec of something to drink with European food?
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by mark e:
And no one has clarified yet what food they are actually eating so we are all firing blanks. Saying Chinese means little as well without some regional qualification.
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Can you give me a good rec of something to drink with European food?
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v funny!

. . . . Mark
 
originally posted by Sharon Bowman:
originally posted by mark e:
And no one has clarified yet what food they are actually eating so we are all firing blanks. Saying Chinese means little as well without some regional qualification.
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Can you give me a good rec of something to drink with European food?
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European wine.
 
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