What are the best food pairings for Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise wine?
Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise is a sweet, fortified Muscat wine from the southern Rhône, and it pairs well with fruit and chocolate desserts, blue cheese, foie gras and melon. Serve it chilled, in small glasses, with food that is no sweeter than the wine.
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What goes with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise?
This is a sweet, perfumed wine made only from Muscat grapes (Muscat à petits grains). The appellation’s own site suggests it as an aperitif and with foie gras, blue cheese, chocolate and fruit desserts, and with exotic dishes. Other pairings below are common suggestions rather than rules:
| Food | Why it works |
| Blue cheese such as Roquefort | Salty and sweet balance each other |
| Melon | Echoes the fruity perfume |
| Fruit tarts: apricot, peach, pear | Matches the stone fruit flavors |
| Chocolate desserts | Suggested by the appellation |
| Almond cakes and biscotti | Nutty flavors suit the honeyed taste |
| Foie gras | Classic rich and sweet pairing |
What about a melon tart?
A melon tart is a natural fit for a perfumed sweet wine: pour a small glass chilled beside a fresh melon or fruit dessert. We have no tested recipe to share.
Rule of thumb for sweet wine
The dessert should be as sweet as the wine or slightly less sweet. If the food is sweeter, the wine can taste thin and sharp.
How is the wine made and served?
It is a vin doux naturel. Pure grape alcohol (at least 96%) is added while the fermenting must is at 5 to 10% alcohol, which stops the yeast and keeps natural grape sugar. By the appellation’s rules the finished wine has at least 15% alcohol and at least 100 g/L of sugar, so it is rich: serve it chilled in small portions.
Does it go with spicy food?
The appellation lists exotic dishes among its pairings, but strength and sugar suit desserts and cheese best. Try a small glass first.
Once opened, follow the producer’s advice on how long it keeps; a sweet fortified wine generally lasts longer than table wine, but the aroma fades.
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What cheese goes with Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise?
Blue cheese is the classic choice (the appellation names it, and Roquefort is a common example), because the salty cheese balances the sweet wine.
What is Muscat wine good with?
Fruit and chocolate desserts, melon, almond cakes, blue cheese and foie gras.
How should I serve Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise?
Chilled, in small glasses, as an aperitif or with dessert or cheese.
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