Loire wines from around the city of Angers — Chenin Blanc whites (dry to sweet) and Cabernet Franc rosés. The whites are tremendous values.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Anjou and Spinach Piee make a workable pairing — taste, adjust, enjoy.
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Beaujolais Villages
Interesting
Red · Medium · Dry
A step above generic Beaujolais — Gamay from 38 designated villages, with more weight and a longer finish. The everyday Burgundy at half the price.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Beaujolais Villages's mid-weight flatters Spinach Piee without taking over — the everyday red strategy.
Bordeaux
Adventurous
Red · Full · Dry
The classical red blend — Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and friends — from southwest France. Black currant, cedar, tobacco; serious structure; rewards patience and decanting.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Bordeaux brings dark fruit and grip to Spinach Piee — a meal-and-wine pairing built for slower evenings.
Loire Cabernet Franc at its most refined — pencil-shavings, raspberry, and a flint-stone finish. The bistro red of choice; equally good chilled in summer.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Chinon and Spinach Piee make a workable pairing — taste, adjust, enjoy.
Fumé Blanc
Classic
White · Medium · Dry
California's name for Sauvignon Blanc, popularized by Robert Mondavi — usually with a touch of oak, fuller-bodied than New Zealand or Loire styles.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Fumé Blanc's body matches Spinach Piee when there's cream, butter, or roasting involved.
The original Bordeaux region — gravelly soils producing both Cabernet-led reds and serious Sauvignon-Semillon whites. The reds are leaner and more savory than the Médoc.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Graves and Spinach Piee make a workable pairing — taste, adjust, enjoy.
Pouilly-fumé
Classic
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.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Pouilly-fumé's brightness flatters Spinach Piee — clean acid, no weight, lets the vegetables lead.
Sancerre
Classic
White · Light · Dry
Sauvignon Blanc from the upper Loire, grown on flint and chalk. Citrus, smoke, and a mineral finish that hints at struck stone. The refined antithesis of New Zealand's tropical SBs.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Light whites like Sancerre are what Spinach Piee wants — no oak, no tannin, just lift.
Loire wines from around the town of Saumur — light, fragrant Cabernet Franc reds, structured Chenin Blanc whites, and some of France's best traditional-method sparkling.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Saumur and Spinach Piee make a workable pairing — taste, adjust, enjoy.
Sauvignon Blanc
Classic
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.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Light whites like Sauvignon Blanc are what Spinach Piee wants — no oak, no tannin, just lift.
Semillon
Classic
White · Medium · Dry
Bordeaux's blending white and Hunter Valley's solo star — waxy texture, lanolin, lemon curd. Ages beautifully into something honeyed without losing its acid backbone.
Why it works with Spinach Piee
Semillon's body matches Spinach Piee when there's cream, butter, or roasting involved.