# Wine Question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Tags:** wine
**Created:** [July 11, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346 "2007-07-11T10:11:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/1 "2007-07-11T10:11:37Z")
What is the “proper” wine to serve with a bolonga sandwhich?
(I _so_ wish I could still drink beer…)
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### Author:  [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/2 "2007-07-11T10:52:56Z")
Whatever tastes good.
If I ate bologna, I might try pairing it with a Sherry, a Fino or Amontillado. I like them with pates, which I think can sometimes have a similar taste without the bologna texture I hate.
But the proper wine is whatever tastes good to you, and depending on what else, condiments etc., is on the sandwich, what else you might be eating with it, what your mood is, that really could be just about anything - red, white, pink, sparkling, whatever.
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### Author:  [@Wallenstein](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallenstein)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/3 "2007-07-11T11:07:18Z")
The [Butlers’ Guild](http://www.butlersguild.com/index.php?subject=102) makes the following suggestions:
**Salami:**
Zinfandel, Freisa d’Asti, Barbera, Bordeaux, Chilean Cabernet Sauv.
**Proscuitto:**
Gruner Veltliner, Orvieto, White Rioja, Australian Sem, Gambellera
(NB. no specific mention of bologna sarnies, but these are a reasonable approximation!)
As bologna is quite smokey, you could also go with Fetzer, Riesling Gewurztraminer or Johannisberg.
But as noted above, whichever wine you like is the “proper” one!
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### Author:  [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/4 "2007-07-11T15:32:29Z")
[Pruno](http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000373.php).
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### Author:  [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/5 "2007-07-11T15:34:12Z")
Boone’s Farm.
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### Author:  [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/6 "2007-07-11T15:35:34Z")
MD 20/20?
Depends on the condiments. You don’t want the mustard to overpower the wine, and vice versa. I think a nice rosé would go well, or maybe a Sangiovese.
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### Author:  [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/7 "2007-07-11T16:09:57Z")
Personally, I’d go with a prosecco or a tocai friulano (assuming there’s no mustard … if mustard, maybe a German riesling or gewurztraminer)
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### Author:  [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/8 "2007-07-11T16:14:14Z")
[QUOTE=toadspittle]
Personally, I’d go with a prosecco or a tocai friulano (assuming there’s no mustard … if mustard, maybe a German riesling or gewurztraminer)
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I was thinking exactly the same thing regarding mustard. I love the taste of mustard with a riesling or gewurz.
And since Broomstick likes beer, I think a sparkling like Prosecco or Champagne would also be pretty good, especially if the sandwich had a bag of potato chips on the side. Yum! I hate bologna and that actually sounds damn good. I might have to make something similar for dinner tonight.
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### Author:  [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)
#### Post date: [July 11, 2007, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/9 "2007-07-11T16:58:21Z")
Just out of curiousity, what’s the beer problem? I ask because I’m gluten intolerant and recently discovered that they make gluten free beer. I don’t drink beer, so it wasn’t a life changing moment for me, but several of my gluten free friends were thrilled.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/10 "2007-07-12T01:35:17Z")
[QUOTE=Dangerosa]
Just out of curiousity, what’s the beer problem?
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I am now allergic to barley, which is sort of to beer what wheat is to white bread. So, no more beer. ☹
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### Author:  [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/11 "2007-07-12T01:41:06Z")
[QUOTE=Broomstick]
I am now allergic to barley, which is sort of to beer what wheat is to white bread. So, no more beer. ☹
[/QUOTE]
What about wheat beer? They aren’t exactly rare and there are many excellent choices. They aren’t a novelty and they are often better than regular beer IMHO.
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### Author:  [@gazpacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gazpacho)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/12 "2007-07-12T01:50:57Z")
[QUOTE=Shagnasty]
What about wheat beer? They aren’t exactly rare and there are many excellent choices. They aren’t a novelty and they are often better than regular beer IMHO.
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A quick search online shows that most wheat beers contain both wheat and barley. Given the US labeling laws involving alcohol I don’t know that you will be able to easily determine if a given beer has barely or not.
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### Author:  [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 9:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/13 "2007-07-12T09:53:08Z")
My research indicates ALL wheat beers contain barley. I just do not want to take the risk, because spending the night in the hospital really sucks, ya know? I don’t like beer enough to risk my life over it.
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### Author:  [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2007, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wine-question/411346/14 "2007-07-12T14:19:31Z")
[QUOTE=Broomstick]
I don’t like beer enough to risk my life over it.
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I’m glad that’s a choice I don’t have to make.