Dishes and Wines for your Holiday Dinner
Need some inspiration for your holiday menu? Here's a selection of wines to pair with traditional (and not) Christmas and New Year's dishes.
Starters
Favorita to be paired with delicate dishes
Dry white wine with a pale yellow color and a floral scent. Its fresh taste and delicate structure accompany refined dishes with elegance. Vegetables and white meat recipes are a perfect match:
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veal tuna
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jewish artichoke cream
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vegetable oil dip
Dolcetto and Dogliani to be paired with dishes that have a distinctive flavor or meat dishes
Same grape variety, but different terroir for these two wines with a ruby red color tending toward purplish and an intense bouquet with notes of red fruits. The taste is fruity, dry and low in acidity, so we recommend pairing them with simple meat dishes or rather neutral tastes:
☞ Alba raw meat with white truffle shavings
☞ smoked beef with gorgonzola cream
☞ cardoon flan with bagna cauda
☞ fondue with white truffle shavings

Pasta Dishes
Barbera to be paired with rather fatty dishes
Ruby red, fruity and appetizing aroma. Barbera is rather acidic, but remains a wine of good harmony, with notes reminiscent of blackberry, plum and cherry. Pair it with fatty dishes, it will give harmony to the palate:
☞ agnolotti (ravioli) with roast meat sauce
☞ gnocchi Castelmagno
☞ chickpeas and ribs soup
☞ lasagna

Main Course Dishes
nebbiolo to be paired with meat dishes that aren’t too intense
A wine with a ruby red color, not particularly intense, and a full and fragrant bouquet. Its flavor is persistent and slightly tannic, typical of a young Nebbiolo. Try it with:
☞ chicken cacciatore
☞ roast veal with hazelnuts
Barolo e barbaresco to be paired with important dishes
These two red wines, close relatives of the Nebbiolo, are of great complexity and characterized by a warm, enveloping and delicately tannic bouquet. Barolo and Barbaresco go well with elaborate meat dishes and game:
☞ braised meat with Barolo and polenta
☞ sausage and lentils
☞ hare civet
☞ braised duck breast with Barolo

Sweets
Moscato to be paired with sweets
Sweet aromatic wine with a golden straw-yellow color. The nose is fruity, with hints of honey, white acacia flowers and ripe fruits. In the mouth it is aromatic, sweet and pleasant, but does not lack freshness given by the effervescence. Serve it at 6° C, with:
☞ Panettone (Italian Christmas cake)
☞ Pandoro (Italian Christmas cake)
☞ hazelnut cake with zabaglione
☞ mont blanc
☞ bunet
☞ panna cotta
Passito at the end of a meal: as a digestive or to accompany dried fruit
The very sweet flavor and fortified texture will be perfect to end a Christmas or New Year’s meal. It is good on its own, or accompanied by:
☞ dried fruit (hazelnuts, walnuts, figs …)
☞ nougat
☞ white chocolate

Mixed Bundles
To bring to the table or to put under the Christmas tree!
Christmas bundles perfect for your toasts
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