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12 great wine pairings with salmon
Salmon is in many ways the chicken of the fish world - an ingredient you can serve in many different ways and therefore match with a number of different wines.
That said, it’s a rich fish, often served with cream or butter and therefore a natural candidate to pair with a medium-to-full-bodied white wine such as chardonnay.
But nowadays it’s often served raw or grilled which opens to the door to many other wine pairings. Read on for my wine pairing suggestions with different salmon recipes.
Wine pairing with salmon at a glance
- Best with raw salmon: Gruner veltiner or dry rosé
- Best with grilled salmon: Pinot noir
- Best with poached salmon: Chablis
- Best with blackened salmon: Merlot
- Best with salmon teriyaki: Pinot Noir
- Best with smoked salmon: Champagne
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