Lime Sauce

White · Medium · Dry

The most-planted white grape and the most chameleon-like. Crisp and steely from Chablis; rich, oaky, and tropical from California. Read the label, then match the style to the dish.

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Red · Light · Dry

Burgundy's most temperamental grape, but the rewards are real — translucent ruby with a perfumed lift of red cherry, forest floor, and clove. Silken tannins and bright acid make it the most versatile red on the table; serve cool, around 58°F.

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White · Light · Dry

Citrus, cut grass, and a wire of acid. Marlborough makes it loudest; Sancerre makes it most refined. Either way, it cuts cleanly through goat cheese, herbs, and anything with shellfish.

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Rosé · Light · Dry

Provence's gift to summer — dry, pale, faintly strawberry-and-citrus, with low alcohol and crisp acid. Made to drink cold, with food, in the shade.

Works with Salmon With Lime Sauce · Grilled Salmon With Lime Sauce · Salmon With Tequila Lime Sauce +5 more Salmon With Lime Sauce · Grilled Salmon With Lime Sauce · Salmon With Tequila Lime Sauce · Salmon With Ginerger And Lime Sauce · Chicken W Lime And Ancho Chili Sauce · Shrimp With Key Lime Beurre Blanc Sauce · Key Lime Grilled Chicken W Arbol Chili Sauce · Asian Pork With Light Sweet Lime Vinaigrette Sauce

Sparkling · Light · Dry

Méthode champenoise from the most chalk-rich corner of France — fine bubbles, brioche, lemon zest, and a finish that goes on for half a minute. The wine for anything fried, salty, or special.

Works with Salmon With Lime Sauce · Butterfish With Lime Sauce · Grilled Salmon With Lime Sauce +4 more Salmon With Lime Sauce · Butterfish With Lime Sauce · Grilled Salmon With Lime Sauce · Salmon With Tequila Lime Sauce · Salmon With Ginerger And Lime Sauce · Grilled Halibut In Butter Lime Sauce · Shrimp With Key Lime Beurre Blanc Sauce

Sparkling · Light · Sweet

Asti's more refined sibling — gently frizzante, only 5-6% alcohol, all peach and orange blossom. The perfect summer dessert wine.

Works with Lime Sauce · Honey Lime Sauce · Butterfish With Lime Sauce +2 more Lime Sauce · Honey Lime Sauce · Butterfish With Lime Sauce · Chicken W Lime And Ancho Chili Sauce · Key Lime Grilled Chicken W Arbol Chili Sauce

White · Light · Dry

Italy's everyday white — light, lemony, neutral by design. Pleasant with anything; profound with very little. The best Friuli bottles are quietly excellent.

Works with Butterfish With Lime Sauce · Grilled Halibut In Butter Lime Sauce · Shrimp With Key Lime Beurre Blanc Sauce

White · Medium · Dry

California and Pacific Northwest Gewürztraminer — lychee, rose petal, ginger, made riper and fuller than Alsace. The American spicy-food companion.

Works with Coconut-lime Shrimp With Peanut Sauce · Southwestern Lime Chicken With Ancho Chili Sauce

White · Medium · Dry

Pacific Northwest Sémillon — Washington and California's quiet white grape, with waxy texture, lemon curd, and the structure to age.

Works with Grilled Chicken With Soy-lime Sauce · Southwestern Lime Chicken With Ancho Chili Sauce

White · Medium · Dry

Australia's flagship white — formerly butter bombs, now often elegant — citrus, white peach, controlled oak from Margaret River and Yarra. The new-style standard.

Works with Grilled Chicken With Soy-lime Sauce · Seared Scallops With Asian Lime-chile Sauce

White · Light · Dry

Sancerre's cousin across the Loire — Sauvignon Blanc with a smokier, flintier profile. The 'fumé' in the name refers to that struck-match minerality.

Works with Shredded Pork Tenderloin With Lime Sauce · Cold Poached Salmon With Mustard-lime Sauce

White · Light · Off-dry

Aromatic, racy, and shapeshifting — bone-dry in Alsace, off-dry on the Mosel, syrupy and ageless when late-harvested. The single most versatile wine for spicy food on earth.

Works with Honey Lime Sauce · Asian Pork With Light Sweet Lime Vinaigrette Sauce