America's Pairing Meccas

By Food & Wine
Updated June 16, 2016
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The best wine pairing meccas in the country, from Napa to New York state.
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Crabtree's Kittle House; Chappaqua, NY

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Wine director Glenn Vogt's 6,000-bottle list and 60,000-bottle cellar are almost insanely huge, a nice counterpoint to Bradford McDonald's precise New American cooking.

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La Toque, Napa

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Napa Valley's best pairing spot happens to be in a Westin hotel. Chef Ken Frank and wine director Scott Tracy's brilliant combinations (like quail with chestnut gnocchi and premier cru Pommard) are unmissable.

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Alinea, Chicago

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Sommelier Joseph Catterson comes up with incredible pairings for each of the 25 courses on chef Grant Achatz's avant-garde tasting menus, a daunting task, especially when the dishes includes things like red-pepper taffy and hyacinth vapor.

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Quince, San Francisco

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Quince's superstar wine director, David Lynch, and chef Michael Tusk invite top winemakers to spend time "in residence" creating special pairing dinners.

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Frasca; Boulder, CO

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Master sommelier Bobby Stuckey brings the staff on an annual eating-and-drinking sojourn to Friuli. For the customer, that means excellent pairing advice.

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