What type of wine are you supposed to drink with sushi?

Answer 1

There is no question that beer and sake (especially the new chilled sakes) are ideal choices for sushi. The stony, yeasty, mildly sweet, but full-bodied taste of sakes is a natural with raw fish sitting on mildly vinegary sushi rice. For even livelier effects, the combination of effervescent, malty beer with those wasabi-tinged pillows of pleasure can attack you like a bad habit in the middle of the night.

The fact is, an enormous number of us prefer wine; and while it doesn't seem quite so natural, with a little bit of thought you can pick some wines that are perfectly delicious with sushi and sashimi. There is, for instance, a wine that is cold, light and bubbly like beer, and crisp, yeasty and sometimes sweet-edged like sake: Extra Dry or Brut Champagne. Whether French, Californian, Spanish or otherwise, an off-dry, steely crisp sparkling wine does a great job of freshening the palate between bites of hamachi, maguro (tuna), or even tamago (egg) sushi. You can't go wrong. In fact, it seems almost decadent to be drinking a $100 bottle of creamy, delicate Perrier-Jouet "Fleur de
Champagne" with rice. But what a way to go!

Some of the best matches are based on which type of sushi you are eating. Some examples:

Maguro (Bigeye Tuna)
Best Match: Soft, complex reds (American Pinot Noir)
2nd Choice: Soft, dry whites (California Chardonnay, Australian “unwooded” Chardonnay, or American or Alsatian Pinot Blanc

Hamachi (Yellowtail) and Shiro Maguro (Albacore)
Best Match: Soft, dry whites (American or Australian Chardonnay, or
American or Alsatian Pinot Blanc)
2nd choice: Softly dry, light white (Australian Semillon-Chardonnay)

Sake (Salmon)
Best Match: Dry Riesling (preferably German)
2nd Choice: Soft, earthy/fruity reds (American Pinot Noir, or red Burgundy or Beaujolais from France)

Ikura (Salmon Roe) or Tobiko (Flying-Fish Roe)
Best match: Dry Rosé (pink Grenache from France, Australia or California)
2nd choice: Dry Riesling (France, Germany or New Zealand)

Unagi (Freshwater Eel) & Anago (Marine Eel)
Best match: Dry Riesling (preferably German)
2nd choice: Dry Rosé or Vin Gris of Pinot Noir (California or France)

Nori (Seaweed) Hand Rolls
Best match: Soft, fruity reds (Pinot Noir or Beaujolais)
2nd choice: Dry, fruity Sauvignon Blanc (California or New Zealand)

In summary, the best pairings for sushi overall would be dry Rieslings, Gewurtztramminers or maybe a Pinot Noir or Chardonnay.

Answer 2

Red Wine

Answer 3

Shellfish appetizers and Hors d"Oeuvres go best wtih light dry wines also Brut Champagne, white Burgundy or Rhone wines, Chablis, dry Moselle, Rhine wines, dry white Bordeaux and Sauvignon Blancs. If it is a Savory Hors d'Oeuvres serve it with simple light red such as Pinot Noir or rose or Pomerol, California Merlots or Australian Shiraz.

Answer 4

Saki or a mild acidic white could bypass ultimate with Sushi. Your server can advise one which ought to bypass good with what you order. some thing heavy that sticks on your palate can over capability the fish, and a few thing too candy could replace the style too plenty (some Sakis are actual too candy for Sushi). eastern beer is surprising with Sushi! We constantly have Asahi with Sushi! that is marvelous! gentle and fresh and could no longer conflict with Sushi or any of the accouterments like ginger or wasabi. Kirin and Sapporo are additionally good, yet Asahi is my popular. YUMMO!!! great, now i'm yearning Sushi lower back! And beer... DAMMIT!!! LOL

Answer 5

Technically, white wines go with fish. Chardonay is generally considered a good choice.

But there are those who believe that a wine's first duty is to be red, so whites won't work on principle...

Why not go full Japanese and drink some sake instead? There are warm sakes, cold sakes, "milky" sakes...a wide variety to choose from.

Answer 6

You can drink whatever kind of wine you like with your sushi, but sake (rice wine) is most associated with it. I personally don't like it and I've had it hot and cold. It tastes like rubbing alcohol to me.

Answer 7

Pinot noir, champagne, sparkling wine such as Spanish Cava and a sauvignon blanc to name a few.

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Answer 8

Sauvignon Blanc, Chardonnay

Answer 9

Saki- oriental rice wine served warm

Answer 10

Sake, rice wine