The idea of “perfect” food and wine pairings can stress out even the most creative host or hostess. Knowledge once considered holistic and the embodiment of regional, varietal, and tasting traits has been chopped into a succinct “do this for fish,” “that for chicken,” kind of logic served up to broad audiences.
That’s not the booquet approach to finding food and wine pairings you love, so we designed our own food and wine pairing tool now live in beta. (Check it out.)
The booquet pairing tool draws from a taxonomy of more than 800,000 bottles of wine and allows both simple and advanced filtering based on dish base, main ingredients, time of day and occasion. Another unique feature of our pairing tool is that it allows filtering by mood. (That’s right, wines create a mood…)
Seach by grounded, happy, cleansing, or relaxed and you’ll get dozens of results to empower you to make your own choices. Of course, you could do “eenie-meenie-miny-moe” from the long list of results, or you could do further research based on what people say about a wine, its price per bottle, or its availability locally. (All features on booquet.com.)
So, the next time you want to serve white wine and a grounded mood to friends, take a look at the bottles booquet says to consider (below), but make sure to enjoy your friends too!
Zenato Pinot Grigio Venezie Igt – Zenato – Pinot Grigio Italy 2008
Gnarly Head Pinot Grigio – Gnarly Head – Pinot Grigio Central Valley, United States 2007
Suavia Soave Classico Superiore – Suavia – Garganega Soave Classico, Italy 2007
Zolo Torrontes Gaucho Select – Zolo – Torrontes Mendoza, Argentina 2008
Fish Eye Pinot Grigio – Fish Eye Wines – Pinot Grigio California, USA 2008
Pride Mountain Vineyards Viognier – Pride Mountain Vineyards – Viognier Sonoma County, USA 2008
Chehalem Pinot Gris Willamette Valley – Chehalem – Pinot Gris Willamette Valley, USA 2007
East Dell Estates Pinot Grigio – East Dell Estates – Pinot Grigio Niagara Peninsula, Canada 2008
Dom Perignon Rose – Dom Perignon – Champagne Blend Champagne, France 1998
Fielding Estate Winery Pinot Gris - Fielding Estate Winery – Pinot Gris Niagara Peninsula, Canada 2008
Fish Eye Pinot Grigio – Fish Eye Wines – Pinot Grigio California, USA 2008
Chateau Olivier Blanc – Chateau Olivier – Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend Graves, France 2006
Dom Perignon Brut – Moet & Chandon – Champagne Blend Champagne, France 1998
Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve - Trimbach – Pinot Gris France 2007
Hermann j. Wiemer Gewurztraminer Dry – Hermann J. Wiemer – Gewurztraminer Finger Lakes, USA 2008
Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Zind-Humbrecht – Pinot Gris Alsace, France 2004
Zenato Pinot Grigio Venezie Igt – Zenato – Pinot Grigio Italy 2008
Gnarly Head Pinot Grigio – Gnarly Head – Pinot Grigio Central Valley, United States 2007
Suavia Soave Classico Superiore – Suavia – Garganega Soave Classico, Italy 2007
Zolo Torrontes Gaucho Select – Zolo – Torrontes Mendoza, Argentina 2008
Fish Eye Pinot Grigio – Fish Eye Wines – Pinot Grigio California, USA 2008
Pride Mountain Vineyards Viognier – Pride Mountain Vineyards – Viognier Sonoma County, USA 2008
Chehalem Pinot Gris Willamette Valley – Chehalem – Pinot Gris Willamette Valley, USA 2007
East Dell Estates Pinot Grigio – East Dell Estates – Pinot Grigio Niagara Peninsula, Canada 2008
Dom Perignon Rose – Dom Perignon – Champagne Blend Champagne, France 1998
Fielding Estate Winery Pinot Gris - Fielding Estate Winery – Pinot Gris Niagara Peninsula, Canada 2008
Fish Eye Pinot Grigio – Fish Eye Wines – Pinot Grigio California, USA 2008
Chateau Olivier Blanc – Chateau Olivier – Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend Graves, France 2006
Dom Perignon Brut – Moet & Chandon – Champagne Blend Champagne, France 1998
Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve - Trimbach – Pinot Gris France 2007
Hermann j. Wiemer Gewurztraminer Dry – Hermann J. Wiemer – Gewurztraminer Finger Lakes, USA 2008
Zind-Humbrecht Pinot Gris Zind-Humbrecht – Pinot Gris Alsace, France 2004
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