Here are a few “rules” for pairing white wine with cheese:
- Try to pair wines and cheeses from the same region. A Gewürztraminer will pair nicely with a Muenster or Jarlsberg.
- Salty cheeses pair well with sweeter wines, such as a blue cheese with a sweeter Riesling.
- Acidity with acidity is also a good guideline to follow. The acidity in goat cheese gives it a tangy zip that matches perfectly with the crisp acidity of most Sauvignon Blancs.
A few suggestions:
Chardonnay
- Affidelice
- Alpine Shepard
- Bel Paese
- Brie
- Bucheron
- Cambazola
- Camembert
- Cantal
- Cashal Blue
- Chaource
- Cotija
- Dry Jack
- Epoisses
- Garrotza
- Goat cheese
- Gouda
- Gruyere
- Jarlsberg
- Panela
- Parmigiano-Reggiano
- Pave d’Auge
- Pecorino
- Provolone
- Shropshire Blue
- Tete de Moine
Chenin Blanc
- Blue Castello
- Camembert
- Derby
- Fouchtra
- Graddost
- Ocooch Mountain
- Raclette de Savoie
Gewürztraminer
- Alpine Shepard
- Ardrahan
- Boursin
- Camembert
- Chevre
- Durrus
- Muenster
- Pecorino Romano
- Robiola
- Swiss
- Tome d’Aquitaine
- Tumalo Tomme
- Wensleydale
Gruner Veitliner
- Appenzeller
- Blue cheese
- Brin D’Amour
- Caerphilly
- Chimay
- Double Gloucester
- Garrotxa
- Goat cheese
- Harbourne Blue
- Harvest Moon
- Muenster
- Livarot
- Ibores
- Mahon
Marsanne
- Mild cheddar
- Brie
- Camembert
- Chaumes
- Double Glouchester
- Gouda
- Smoked Gouda
- Manchego
- Monterey Jack
- Triple Creme
- Saint André
- Saint Nectaire
- Zamorano
Moscato
- Blue
- Parmesan
- Goat
- Brie
Pinot Blanc
- Baby Swiss
- Brie
- Camembert
- Dry Jack
- Feta
- Fontina D’Aosta
- Montasio
- Ossau-Iraty
- Pierre-Robert
- Pont L’Eveque
- Robiola Vite
- Sbrinz
- Taleggio
Pinot Gris
- Aged Cheddar
- Asiago
- Banon
- Camellia
- Carina Tartufo
- Crottin
- Edam
- Garroxta
- Goat cheese
- Gouda
- Mozarella
- Muenster
- Ricotta
- St. Nectaire
Riesling
- Appenzeller
- Brie
- Blue
- Cabecou Feuille
- Cheshire
- Colby
- Cotija
- Edam
- Gouda
- Gruyere
- Hudson Valley Camembert
- Jarlsberg
- Monterey Jack
- Panela
- Pierre Robert
- Ricotta Salata
- St. Andre
Sauvignon Blanc
- Amarelo
- Asiago
- Blue Castello
- Brie
- Bucheron
- Cheddar
- Cheshire
- Clochette
- Coulommiers
- Coupole
- Crottin
- Derby
- Double Gloucester
- Drunken Goat
- Dry Jack
- Explorateur
- Feta
- Goat
- Graddost
- Gruyere
- Mahon
- Majorero
- Neufchatel
- Parmesan
- Pave D’Affinios
- Selles sur Cher
- Sonoma Jack
- Teleme
Sparkling
- Beaufort
- Brie
- Camembert
- Cheddar
- Chevre
- Colby
- Edam
- Gouda
- Gruyere
- Parmesan
Viognier
- Blue cheeses (light)
- Brillat-Savarin
- Goat
- Livarot
- Pave d’Auge
- Stanser Rotelli
- Tourmalet
White Bordeaux
- Brilliant Savarin
- Ossau-Iraty
- Jalapeno Chevre