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The layers of flavor that give goat cheese its complex and sometimes unique character can make pairing it with wine a challenge. With some careful attention, Blue Goat Dairy made it is possible to find the perfect goat cheese, one that will show off the flavors of the cheese and the wine.
This combo comes with four carefully selected kinds of cheese:
Casablanca 1.5oz
White Chocolate Cranberry 1.5oz
Sun-dried Tomato 1.5oz
Wicked Strawberry 1.5oz
Gluten-free rice crackers
4 Sampling Spoons
Sauvignon Blanc The zippy acidity in the wine matches the acidity in the cheese. The combination of sauvignon blanc and goat cheese is fresh and invigorating. This classic pairing is also a regional one. France's Loire Valley is famous for both chèvre and the Sauvignon Blanc-based wine Sancerre.
Riesling rarely meets a cheese it doesn't like. The wine offers everything from a lush texture and fruit-forward taste, refreshing acidity, and a long flavorful finish. Fresh goat cheeses with a mellow, milky flavor pair well, as do aged goat cheeses with a harder texture and earthier, floral flavor. Either choice will bring out the floral, fruity taste of the wine.
Choose Chardonnay with a creamy texture (but not too much oak) and refreshing flavors of apples and pears, perhaps a French Macon-Villages, Pouilly-Fuisse, or Chablis.
Serve Chardonnay with aged goat cheeses, such as Spanish Garrotxa, domestic Tumalo Tomme, or Sunlight goat cheese to balance out the rich cheeses and showcase the wine's fruit flavors.
Reach for a bottle of Syrah from Washington state or California, one that has big flavors of ripe summer berries. The lush fruit will mellow out the funky, bitter flavors that some people find overwhelming in soft goat cheese. If you are looking to add some variety, Syrah can also pair well the sweet, rich flavors of goat gouda or goat cheddar. Look for Midnight Moon or Chevre Noir cheeses to balance well with the boldness of a Syrah.
The layers of flavor that give goat cheese its complex and sometimes unique character can make pairing it with wine a challenge. With some careful attention, Blue Goat Dairy made it is possible to find the perfect goat cheese, one that will show off the flavors of the cheese and the wine.
This combo comes with four carefully selected kinds of cheese:
Casablanca 1.5oz
White Chocolate Cranberry 1.5oz
Sun-dried Tomato 1.5oz
Wicked Strawberry 1.5oz
Gluten-free rice crackers
4 Sampling Spoons
Sauvignon Blanc The zippy acidity in the wine matches the acidity in the cheese. The combination of sauvignon blanc and goat cheese is fresh and invigorating. This classic pairing is also a regional one. France's Loire Valley is famous for both chèvre and the Sauvignon Blanc-based wine Sancerre.
Riesling rarely meets a cheese it doesn't like. The wine offers everything from a lush texture and fruit-forward taste, refreshing acidity, and a long flavorful finish. Fresh goat cheeses with a mellow, milky flavor pair well, as do aged goat cheeses with a harder texture and earthier, floral flavor. Either choice will bring out the floral, fruity taste of the wine.
Choose Chardonnay with a creamy texture (but not too much oak) and refreshing flavors of apples and pears, perhaps a French Macon-Villages, Pouilly-Fuisse, or Chablis.
Serve Chardonnay with aged goat cheeses, such as Spanish Garrotxa, domestic Tumalo Tomme, or Sunlight goat cheese to balance out the rich cheeses and showcase the wine's fruit flavors.
Reach for a bottle of Syrah from Washington state or California, one that has big flavors of ripe summer berries. The lush fruit will mellow out the funky, bitter flavors that some people find overwhelming in soft goat cheese. If you are looking to add some variety, Syrah can also pair well the sweet, rich flavors of goat gouda or goat cheddar. Look for Midnight Moon or Chevre Noir cheeses to balance well with the boldness of a Syrah.