Comments on: Impossible food wine pairings: breakfast for dinner!

By: StevenSolo

StevenSolo — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:38:13 +0000

Howabout a sparkling lambrusco or bonarda? Grapey, good with fatty bacony stuff, but more sexy than champagne.

By: Christophe - Titus Vineyards

Christophe - Titus Vineyards — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:32:45 +0000

How about a nice Arneis from Piedmont, Italy. Versatile and fun!

By: caroline

caroline — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:29:13 +0000

I would pick an ample, but dry austrian riesling, a smaragd from emmi knoll with a few years of bottleaging, for example. yumm yumm

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:32:58 +0000

I recently made an omelette recently for Interwined.com’s weekly food pairing and would wholeheartedly recommend a nice glass of dessert wine, be it a Riesling or Muscat.

Why a dessert wine with eggs? For the same reason you’d have one with a pudding, crème brûlée or gateau, of course.

By: Alastair Bathgate

Alastair Bathgate — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:36:46 +0000

Champagne breakfasts are very traditional over here in the UK. I don’t know why you wouldn’t want to try Champagne with your morning breakfast - yum!

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:46:30 +0000

If I can’t have Champagne (or other sparkling wine), perhaps a flavorful Pinot Grigio? I’m thinking of a bottle of Pinot Grigio Colle Ara that’s sitting in my cellar now; I had one about 2 months ago, and the sur lie aging has lent it a nice complexity, and some similarity in both nose and mouth to Champagne, sans bubbles.

Other than that, perhaps a dry sherry, as Danica has recommended. A Fino, maybe?

By: ben

ben — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:27:35 +0000

beaujolais villages served cold, to get specific, chamette’s 06 or duebuple’s 05 or 06(sp?), great reds with eggs, though Ideally a great local beer; I’ll no doubt try the rose later this year, that sounds great!
B.

By: Silverlines

Silverlines — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:55:54 +0000

I guess Chenin Blanc will strengthen the taste of the turkey bacon, or Riesling. If you should go red, Pinot Noir will do.
Me thinks.

By: pisto

pisto — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:20:49 +0000

I love Champagne with fried eggs, specially with a runny yolk and frites (in EVOO, please).

By: Ted

Ted — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 23:20:23 +0000

A nice dry Riesling or a good hoppy beer. I have stopped after an afternoon hike in the Schwartzwald and had a nice big slab of rye bread and a few eggs and potatoes - it’s great with the local beer or a simple, dry white.

By: Shaun

Shaun — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:16:21 +0000

I agree with Rose, though only in the warmer months. To take it even further… Rose of Syrah, like the one from Montes in Chile. Cheers!

By: Danica

Danica — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:49:34 +0000

Sherry is actually the perfect match for such strange pairings as eggs … give it a try!

By: Sonadora

Sonadora — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:54:05 +0000

I would go with a Rose. I like a nice dry rose with my breakfast dinners, especially when it includes an omlette.

By: The Dude

The Dude — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:26:31 +0000

A white. Pino gris or an un-oaked chardonnay.