Oyster 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 Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce +3 more Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Beef With Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce · Portabello And Oyster Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce With Parmesan Cheese, Served Over Bread Egg Noodles

White · Light · Dry

The Loire's seaside white — Melon de Bourgogne grape, bone-dry, slightly briny, perfectly transparent. The platonic ideal of oyster wine.

Works with Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce +3 more Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Beef With Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce · Portabello And Oyster Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce With Parmesan Cheese, Served Over Bread Egg Noodles

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.

Works with Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce +3 more Oyster Sauce · Pork Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Beef With Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce · Portabello And Oyster Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce With Parmesan Cheese, Served Over Bread Egg Noodles

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.

Works with Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce +1 more Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce · Portabello And Oyster Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce With Parmesan Cheese, Served Over Bread Egg Noodles

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 Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce +1 more Oyster Sauce · Abalone Oyster Sauce · Broiled Oysters In Garlic Lemon Butter Sauce · Portabello And Oyster Mushrooms In A Cream Sauce With Parmesan Cheese, Served Over Bread Egg Noodles

Red · Full · Dry

The benchmark for full-bodied red — structured, age-worthy, unapologetic. Black currant, graphite, and tobacco lead into firm tannins that demand protein on the plate. Decant young bottles; cellar the serious ones.

Works with Pork Oyster Sauce · Beef With Oyster Sauce

Red · Full · Dry

Argentina's signature grape: deep purple, plummy, and remarkably smooth for its weight. Soft tannins and a touch of cocoa make it the dinner-party Cabernet alternative — and far easier on the wallet.

Works with Pork Oyster Sauce · Beef With Oyster Sauce

White · Medium · Dry

Italian white wine, broadly — Pinot Grigio, Trebbiano, Vermentino, or a regional blend. Light, citrusy, food-first; rarely showy.

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.