# What meals go with white wine?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** wine
**Created:** [May 27, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776 "2009-05-27T04:55:16Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776/21 "2009-05-27T16:40:44Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> Mmmmm, sounds like it’s going to be either fettuccine alfredo or, if I can find a premade crust or dough, the veggie pizza - that’ll depend on what I can find at Trader Joe’s this afternoon.
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> The problem with salad is (despite being a vegetarian) I don’t eat much of it, so even a bag of the premade mix will likely go bad before I finish it.
If you are headed to Trader Joe’s, just get their frozen pear-gorgonzola pizza and be done with it. It should pair fabulously with Pinot Grigio. IMHO of course.
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### Author:  [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776/22 "2009-05-27T16:41:39Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#):
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> Mmmmm, sounds like it’s going to be either fettuccine alfredo or, if I can find a premade crust or dough, the veggie pizza - that’ll depend on what I can find at Trader Joe’s this afternoon.
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> The problem with salad is (despite being a vegetarian) I don’t eat much of it, so even a bag of the premade mix will likely go bad before I finish it.
That’s why a caprese salad is so easy to manage. Good roma or capri tomatoes, a good mozzarella, some fresh basil, and a nice olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste; man, it almost can’t be beat. You can make it for one, or 20.
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### Author:  [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776/23 "2009-05-27T16:45:19Z")
> [@Shark\_Sandwich](#):
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> That’s why a caprese salad is so easy to manage. Good roma or capri tomatoes, a good mozzarella, some fresh basil, and a nice olive oil. Salt and pepper to taste; man, it almost can’t be beat. You can make it for one, or 20.
I’m totally with you on how good a caprese salad is, Shark…BUT…I would pair that bad boy with a red. A nice Cab or Zin.
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### Author:  [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776/24 "2009-05-27T16:52:08Z")
> [@Doctor\_Who](#):
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> I’m totally with you on how good a caprese salad is, Shark…BUT…I would pair that bad boy with a red. A nice Cab or Zin.
Whoa. I would guess that a Cab would absolutely crush anything as light as a Caprese salad. I could maybe see a Zin, but I’d do Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc off the top of my head.
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### Author:  [@Shark\_Sandwich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shark_Sandwich)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-meals-go-with-white-wine/497776/25 "2009-05-27T17:00:24Z")
> [@Labrador\_Deceiver](#):
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> Whoa. I would guess that a Cab would absolutely crush anything as light as a Caprese salad. I could maybe see a Zin, but I’d do Chardonnay or Sauvignon Blanc off the top of my head.
Yeah, I’ll take my Cab with a nice rare steak. I’m with you on the Zin though.
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