Southern Food and Wine Pairing Cheat Sheet

By Food & Wine
Updated May 24, 2017
Pro tips for pairing wines with pulled pork, fried chicken, and gumbo.
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Shrimp Gumbo

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Pairing: Crisp, berry-inflected, dry rosé:

2009 Miner Family Rosato ($15)

2009 Navarro Dry Rosé ($17)

2009 Beckmen Grenache Rosé ($18)

Recipes:

Shrimp and Sausage Gumbo

Shrimp and Crab Gumbo (left)

Chicken, Shrimp and Andouille Gumbo

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Pulled Pork

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Pairing: Ripe, fruit-forward Zinfandel:

2007 Flock Dry Creek Valley ($12)

2007 Ravenswood Lodi ($15)

2007 Easton Amador County ($16)

Recipes:

Carolina Pulled Pork (left)

BBQ Pulled-Pork Sandwiches

Pulled Pork and Goat Cheese Quesadillas

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Fried Chicken

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Pairing: Rich, full-bodied Viognier:

2009 Zaca Mesa ($20)

2008 Saddleback ($23)

2009 Melville Verna's ($24)

Recipes:

Lemon-Brined Fried Chicken

Supercrispy Pan-Fried Chicken

Beer-Battered Buttermilk Fried Chicken (left)

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