Northern bean soup: Tocai Friulano? If you prefer something with more heft, a Marsanne/Rousanne Rhône blend. Chicken pot pie: Oregon Pinot Noir. Should go well with the mushroom as well. Desserts: That’s quite a variety....

, cabernet franc, rosso di montalcino, chardonnay (or use white from cod entree) —Filet Mignon with Truffled Mushroom Ragout Cabernet Sauvignon, Brunello Riserva (both resolved and not overoaked) Miso Glazed Alaskan Cod...

I’m not a Chard fan (too buttery). Consider Roussanne and Marsanne; amazing white wines that go surprisingly well with many ethnic foods as well as meat (okay, a steak always needs a big red... sorry!). Also, you might be...

riesling. Guide du vin (Phaneuf): Full-bodied white (Chablis grand cru, Puligny-Montrachet, Hermitage, California marsanne-roussane); structured rosé (Côtes-du-Rhône, Bandol). Tartare – dry white Bordeaux, Loire sauvignon...

Cote Rote up river, red Hermitage is made from the Syrah vine alone". Livingstone-Learmoth "Hermitage red wine is made principally from the Syrah grape, although because most vineyards have been planted normally with Syrah as...

a bite of this as well but really liked what I tried. I had the halibut with french lentils, artichokes and pancetta. I really liked the halibut. I love lentils and they were great in this dish I drank a marsanne/rousanne blend...

roussanne and marsanne. When you find a good one, they are so heavenly with food that you will forget chard ever existed. Now for an apperitif wine with no food nearby, or maybe just some kind of nibbles, then chard might work....

and, seemed to genuinely enjoy the flattery when I asked for his autograph. Oh, and we choose the Marsanne, it was good. Daniel – we skipped dessert at Sumile and headed uptown to Daniel for dessert. I met the now famous...

and structure of La Gitana. Finally Patrick produced some plonkish white Rhone Marsanne/Roussanish concoction with absolutely no nose, but austere, and iron back-boned enough to stand firmly on both legs allowing the buttery...

the woodburning oven finished with a tangy ancho chile sauce. We drank Andrew Murray’s Enchante, a white rhone meritage of viognier, roussane and marsanne and also an Ici La Bas Pinot Noir 1999 which was delicious. Deserts...

Typically those that dislike white wine find the drier ones tasteless and the fuller ones like well oaked chardonnay, riesling, etc, too sweet or cloying. What for me fits the bill for them are white Rhone grapes like Marsanne....

of their respective appellations. Domaine Coursodon is one of the oldest producers of St Joseph and under the management of young Jerome is producing stunning, hugely praised, reds from Syrah and whites from Marsanne. Murinais...

. Love that varietal. Marsanne, too. And Pinot Gris.

and jasmine in bloom. Now, it is less evocative of that, but still good. Two reds that are often off the radar screen for NO cuisine are Cru Beaujolais and Côtes du Rhone. Côtes du Rhone blanc (usually Marsanne and Roussanne) also...

perhaps a reasonably priced “grower” Champagne, or a high-quality domestic sparking wine like the Roederer Brut Premier, both in the $22-$30 range. A Marsanne or Oregon Pinot Gris for the white, and Southern Rhone red...