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A rich, sweet Mosel of the Beerenauslese (very sweet), Auslese (sweet), Spätelese (semi-sweet) would indeed work. I have tried this with Belgian, Swiss and Austrian truffles...

eAs suggested by many following this thread, light, slightly acidic Pinot Noir will work. A fatty fish such as Salmonid always pairs well with a good, stout Burgundian Pinot (or new world equivalent - if you are so...

0h, forgot to mention once again that you should definitely swing wide around white zinfandel roadkill... It's funny because white zin first came out as a California try at making an Oeil de perdrix ('the partridge's...

Dmckr - the shellfish is so hard to pair with reds, it just seems to go so perfectly with the whites. However, I've taken down some very good suggestions folks have written for you here, include the one you posted about...

thanks, I am sure wine will be available on our hike, but I'm not sure of the selection in swiss refugios. I know some in Italy have a great selection. We will pass through a few towns but Geneva and Zermatt will be the...

Vineyards in Switzerland are mostly quite small, even compared to Burgundy, and usually on south-facing hillsides. I suppose this makes it hard for anyone to gather together the production and marketing muscle to push...

Swiss Cellars is one of the top importers of Swiss wines to the US. Their site has good info on the regions and grapes varieties. http://www.swisscellars.com/switzerland.php

I will be hiking through Switzerland in August, wine is always available in the towns of course and generally in the refugios. What should I look for? Any unusual grapes?

I don't think about it all that often. But with rice that's full of chicken and seafood, a la paella, I always found Rioja to work wonderfully. I imagine a sangiovese based wine would be fine too. What I don't think...

Would be interested in hearing from people here about any redwine and fish, crustacean, mollusk, etc. combinations they/you have found to work successfully. Having been initiated at the beginning of my wine tippling into...