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6 of the best pairings for Brie

Posted by Fiona Beckett (Google+) on January 15 2020 at 07:17

One of the world's most popular cheeses, Brie can be mild and slightly chalky or decadently gooey and quite strong in flavour so you need to adapt the wine - or other drink - you choose to how mature the cheese is.

Six top drink pairings for Brie

* Fruity reds such as New Zealand or Chilean Pinot Noir. (More mature Bries will need more powerful structured wines such as those from Central Otago.) Or try a fruity (but not too tannic) Merlot or a ripe 'cru' Beaujolais from a good vintage such as 2017.

* A fruity dry rosé - lovely on a picnic

* A creamy, subtly oaked chardonnay - even a posh white burgundy!

* A blanc de blancs champagne or chardonnay-based sparkling wine

* A cherry or raspberry-flavoured fruit beer (Kriek or Frambozen), particularly when the brie is accompanied by fresh cherries.

* Guignolet (a cherry-flavoured French aperitif) by the same logic.

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Tags: sparkling Chardonnay cheese blanc de blancs Champagne Guignolet raspberry beer cherry beer frambozen kriek chardonnay fruit beer Merlot Beaujolais New Zealand Pinot Noir Pinot Noir drink:red wine Brie food:cheese

Comments: 2 (Add)

Martha on August 15 2018 at 13:36

What would you say to serving a flavoured beer with a cheese course followed by berry cream birthday cake

Urvashi on August 27 2013 at 17:42

Thanks for this post. We love Brie and it's the preferred late night nibble but we always disagre on what to drink with it usually opting for a white rioja but I shall try the above!

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