This Is How To Perfectly Pair Orange Wine With Food
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While orange wine is not a newcomer to the world of wine, it is increasingly finding its place in mainstream sipping. But because the wine is still making its way into the arms of wine drinkers, it may seem difficult to put together a wine and food pairing that highlights all of the appropriate flavors.
Good news. It’s not.
“Orange wine can pair with a wide range of dishes because it’s well balanced and has a little more backbone than many whites because of the tannin,” says Niclas Jansson, co-founder of MYSA Natural Wine.
He said that pork is a go-to when serving a more robustly flavored orange wine, as well as dishes that are full of roasted vegetables.
And, says Doreen Winkler, founder of Orange Glou, an orange wine-based wine delivery service, the range of orange wines doesn’t lock the style into any one specific type of food, noting that they range from light-bodied to full-bodied as well as sparkling.
“Orange wines are so versatile that they can often be paired with many different types of foods. Lately, I have been pairing orange wines with sea urchin, fried chicken, a range of aged hard cheeses, spicy seafood boils, jerky, and oven baked salmon,” says Winkler.