Seafood

Am curious to try more wines from Mallorca, Greg. Any you can recommend? And yes, red wine with octopus was something I forgot to include in my list at top as one of my favorites. Perhaps I've been feeling guilty about...

Picked up some baby octopus today and cooked it with some yellow tomatoes from the garden and I'm drinking a red from Mallorca that's a blend of callet, monte negro, cab franc, merlot, and syrah. It's working quite well.

Dmckr - the shellfish is so hard to pair with reds, it just seems to go so ... favorite reds to pair with seafood, and just one of my favorites reds period. They do make some nice dolcettos from Alba as well, but I've...

Langoustines, oysters... Murphy's or Guiness Stout... can we call these barley wines?

Roast duck works well, and if you add a fruited sauce more cherries than oranges, of course. I also like pinot with pheasant and grouse, turkey and roast chicken, so poultry is generically good. Smoked fish and various...

Oh yeah, that makes total sense. I guess I was meaning shellfish au naturel as it were -- blanched langoustines, moules mariniére, oysters. That's what pops into my head when I think shellfish. But yeah, piri piri prawns...

re:Reply by Robert Johnston, Oct 30. "I have to admit, though, I've never ... with spicy shrimp dishes and seafood paella for years and never had a complaint. I usually prefer to serve a rustic red like a Granacha, or a...

Add trout to the salmon with Pinot - I actually think trout works even better. If it's provencal, you can even go to something from the southern Rhone or Midi. I have to admit, though, I've never found a red that works...

Pinot and Salmon Syrah and Skate Grilled Tuna and Pelaverga Braised Tuna and ... worked well with certain seafood dishes for me. It does, however, get difficult to make a blanket statement recommending red wines with fish