cheese and wine

Cheese and Wine

Here are a few fine classic associations between cheese and wine provided to you by Cheese-France, the French Cheese Guide:

Cow's Cheese
Beaufort	Chablis
Boursin	Dry white wine (Sancerre) or fruity red wine (Beaujolais)
Brie de Meaux	Champagne! Red Bordeaux or Bourgogne (Burgundy)
Camembert	Red Bordeaux or Beaujolais
Chaource	Champagne Sancerre or Chablis
Comté	Dry white wine (Sancerre), light red wine (Beaujolais), Jura yellow wine
Coulommiers	Red wine from Bordeaux, Cotes du Rhone or Languedoc. Sauvignon Blanc as a white wine
Epoisses	White wine from Burgundy or sweet wine (Sauternes). Alternatively, a Marc de Bourgogne's spirit
Livarot	Red Pomerol Tokay d'Alsace
Munster	With a beer! Gewürztraminer Full bodied red wine (Côte-Rotie or Chateauneuf-du-Pape)
Pont l'Eveque	Pinot Noir, Pomerol or Saint-Emilion red wines
Reblochon	Savoie white wine Fruity red wine (Beaujolais)
Saint Marcellin	Red wine from Côtes du Rhône (Châteauneuf du Pape or Gigondas)
Saint Nectaire	Light and fruity red wine (Beaujolais)
Tomme de Savoie	Medium-bodied red wine from the Côtes du Rhône (Crozes Hermitage) Riesling or Savoie as a white wine

Camembert

Beaufort

Brie de Meaux

Epoisses

Tomme de Savoie

Roquefort

Ewe/Sheep's Cheese
Ossau-Iraty	Jurançon White Graves
Roquefort	Sweet wine (Muscat, Port or Sauternes)

Chevre (Goat Cheese)
Chèvre

Crottin de Chavignol

Goat Cheese
Banon	Sweet dessert wine Provence's rosé
Chabichou du Poitou	White Loire wine (Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé)
Chèvre	White Loire wine (Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé) Merlot red wine
Crottin de Chavignol	White Loire wine (Sancerre or Pouilly-Fumé) Any Sauvignon Blanc wine
Valencay	Sancerre or Chablis

Fourme d'Ambert

Blue Cheese
Bleu d'Auvergne	Sweet wine (Port or Sauternes) Strong red wines (Cahors or Côtes du Rhône)
Fourme d'Ambert	Medium-bodied red wine from the Côtes du Rhône (Crozes Hermitage) Saumur Champigny as a white wine, Sauternes