Wine and Food pairing: How to Pair Wine and Salmon ? (7 recipes)

Salmon is a cold water fish prized by gourmets especially on the occasion of the holiday season. Generally Salmon comes from Scotland, Norway and Alaska. The main part of time the fish is farmed however it’s possible to find wild salmon (it will have a pale color flesh).

The salmon’ flesh is fat, tender, fine and tasty. It can be cooked in various ways such as papillotes, Danish way, smoked, in pie, in risotto … etc! The number of declinations is infinite !

Below there are some Wine & Food Pairing suggestions to match with seven different Salmon recipes. Before choosing a pairing please pay attention to the side and the sauce.

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with papillots of salmon ?

• Saint-Bris – Bourgogne (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Riesling from Alsace, Wiebelsberg Grand cru –Alsace (white)
• Mâcon Villages – Bourgogne (white)
• Pessac-Léognan – Bordeaux (white)
• Cassis – Provence (white)
• Pouilly-Fuissé – Bourgogne (white)
• Gaillac – South West of France (white)
• Santenay 1^er Cru La Maladière – Bourgogne (white)
• Montagny 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Fixin 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Collioure – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Chinon – Loire (white)
• Corbière – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Entre-deux-Mers Bordeaux (white)
• Graves de Vayres – Bordeaux (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with a grilled salmon filet ?

• Fixin – Bourgogne (white)
• Cheverny – Loire (white)
• Montlouis-sur-Loire – (white)
• Cassis – Provence (white)
• Pouilly-Fuissé – Bourgogne (white)
• Fixin 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Gaillac – South West of France (white)
• Mâcon Azé – Bourgogne (white)
• Montélie 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Auxey-Duresses 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Graves de Vayres – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages Valréas – Rhône (white)
• Entre-deux-Mers – Bordeaux (white)
• Bandol – Provence (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• Bordeaux Blanc – Bordeaux (white)
• Corbières – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Côtes du Rhône – Rhône (white)
• Faugères – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Chinon – Loire (white)
• Collioure – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with smoked salmon ?

• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Pouilly-Fumé – Loire (white)
• Riesling from Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Crozes-Hermitages – Bourgogne (white)
• Côtes Rôtie – Bourgogne (white)
• Saint-Joseph – Bourgogne (white)
• Montlouis-sur-Loire – Loire (white)
• Vouvray – Loire (white)
• Sancerre – Loire (white)
• Quincy – Loire (white)
• Reuilly – Loire (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white) TIPS : Unoaked it’s better !
• Côtes de Blaye – Bordeaux (white)
• Fixin – Bourgogne (white)
• Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire – Bordeaux (white)
• Bergerac – South West of France (white) TIPS : Unoaked it’s better !
• Puligny-Montrachet – Bourgogne (white)
• Morey-Saint-Denis – Bourgogne (white)
• Côtes du Marmandais – South West of France (white)
• Côtes de Blaye – Bordeaux (white)
• Savigny-Lès-Beaune Premier Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Irouléguy – South West of France (white)
• Champagne rosé – Champagne (pétillant)
• Champagne Blanc de Noirs – Champagne (pétillant) TIPS : It’s better with a low dosage
• Blanc de Noirs from Marlborough – New Zealand (sparkling wine)
• Blanc de Noirs from the Napa Valley – California (sparkling wine)
• Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough – New Zealand (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Hawkes Bay – New Zealand (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from Stellenbosch – South Africa (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Olifants River Valley – South Africa (white)
• Chardonnay from the Carneros – California (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc (unoaked) from the Napa Valley – California (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Valle del Maule, Central Valley – Chili (white)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with un Gravlax (gravadlachs) salmon ?

• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Mâcon-Villages – Bourgogne (white)
• Vouvray – Loire (white)
• Sancerre – Loire (white)
• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Riesling from Alsace Grand Cru Saering – Alsace (white)
• Pinot Blanc from Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Riesling from the Columbia Valley – Oregon (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough – New Zealand (white)
• Riesling from the Okanagan Valley – Canada (white)
• Pinot Blanc from the Okanagan Valley – Canada (white)
• Riesling from the Niagara Peninsula – Canada (white)
• Riesling from the Seneca Lake – New York (white)
• Riesling from Canterbury – New Zealand (white)
• Douro – Portugal (white)
• Champagne Blanc de Blancs – Champagne (sparkling wine)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (rosé)
• Coteaux du Languedoc – Languedoc Roussillon (rosé)
• Champagne Rosé – Champagne (sparkling wine)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with raw salmon marinated in dill ?

• Beaune – Bourgogne (white)
• Chablis Grand Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Pouilly Fuissé – Bourgogne (white)
• Riesling d’Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• Graves de Vayres – Bordeaux (white)
• Puligny-Montrachet – Bourgogne (white)
• Côtes de Duras – South West of France (white)
• Fixin – Bourgogne (white)
• Sainte-Foy-Bordeaux – Bordeaux (white)
• Chassagne-Montrachet – Bourgogne (white)
• Sylvaner from Alsace, Grand Cru Zotzenberg – Alsace (white)
• Jurançon sec – South West of France (white)
• Savigny-Lès-Beaune Premier Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from Marlborough – New Zealand (white)
• Chardonnay from Marlborough – New Zealand (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from Stellenbosch – South Africa (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Olifants River Valley – South Africa (white)
• Chardonnay from Carneros – California (white)
• Sauvignon Blanc from the Napa Valley – California (white)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with a salmon quiche ?

• Pouilly-Fumé – Loire (white)
• Muscat from Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Pinot Blanc from Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Pouilly-Fumé – Loire (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• Entre-deux-Mers Haut-Benauge – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Village – Rhône (white)
• Chablis – Bourgogne (white)
• Quincy – Loire (white)
• Lirac – Rhône (white)
• Calvi – Corsica (white)
• Languedoc La Clape – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Saumur – Loire (white)
• Saint-Chinian – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Côtes de Provence – Provence (white)
• Costières de Nîmes – Provence (white)
• Côtes de Blaye – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes de Bordeaux Saint-Macaire – Bordeaux (white)
• Sparkling wine from Napa Valley – California (sparkling wine)
• Rosé sparkling wine from Napa Valley – California (sparkling wine)
• Sparkling wine from Marlborough – New Zealand (sparkling wine)
• …

Wine & Food pairings : What wine to drink with Tagliatelles with salmon and cream ?

• Pouilly-Fuissé – Bourgogne (white)
• Beaune – Bourgogne (white)
• Quincy – Loire (white)
• Pouilly-Fumé – Loire (white)
• Pessac-Léognan – Bordeaux (white)
• Meursault 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Meursault – Bourgogne (white)
• Santenay 1^er Cru La Maladière – Bourgogne (white)
• Puligny-Montrachet – Bourgogne (white)
• Riesling from Alsace – Alsace (white)
• Ladoix 1^er Cru La Corvée – Bourgogne (white)
• Montagny 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Graves – Bordeaux (white)
• Bergerac – South West of France (white)
• Condrieu – Rhône (white)
• Château-Grillet – Rhône (white)
• Corbières – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Faugères – Languedoc Roussillon (white)
• Gaillac – South West of France (white)
• Irouleguy – South West of France (white)
• dry Jurançon – South West of France (white)
• Côtes du Rhône Villages – Rhône (white)
• Auxey-Duresses 1^er Cru – Bourgogne (white)
• Côtes-de-Blaye – Bordeaux (white)
• Pouilly-Fuissé – Bourgogne (white)
• Morey-Saint-Denis – Bourgogne (white)
• Graves de Vayres – Bordeaux (white)
• Côtes de Durac – South West of France (white)
• Champagne blanc de blancs – Champagne (sparkling wine)
• Rosé sparkling wine from Marlborough – New Zealand (sparkling wine)
• Sparkling wine from the Okanagan Valley – Canada (sparkling wine)
• Chenin blanc from the Olifants River Valley (white)
• Chenin Blanc from Stellenbosch – South Africa (white)
• Pinot Blanc from the Okanagan Valley – Canada (white)
• ….