Wines that pair with

Pan Fried

Aggregated across 72 related dishes — most-paired wines first.

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Sauvignon Blanc

Classic 35 dishes

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 Pan Fried Crab · Pan Fried Duck · Pan Fried Fish +32 more

Pinot Noir

Classic 14 dishes

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.

Works with Pan Fried · Pan Fried Duck · Pan Fried Salmon +11 more

Rosé

Classic 10 dishes

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 Pan Fried · Pan Fried Salmon · Pan Fried Chicken +7 more

Cabernet Sauvignon

Classic 7 dishes

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 Pan Fried Steak · Pan Fried Pork Chops · Pan-fried Chuck Steak +4 more

White · Medium · 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 Pan Fried Foie Gras · Pan Fried Foie Gras With Spices · Pan Fried Duck Liver With Apples +3 more

White · Medium · Dry

Same grape as Pinot Grigio, different attitude — the Alsatian style is richer, fuller, faintly honeyed, with the structure to handle pork, smoked fish, and Asian aromatics.

Works with Pan Fried Foie Gras · Pan Fried Foie Gras With Spices · Pan Fried Duck Liver With Apples +2 more

Burgundy

Classic 4 dishes

Red · Medium · Dry

Pinot Noir (red) or Chardonnay (white) from the world's most expensive dirt. Translucent, perfumed, ethereal at the top of the hierarchy; honest and pleasant lower down. Drink slowly, with reverence.

Works with Pan Fried Duck · Pan Fried Duck Breast · Duck Lg Confit And Pan Fried Foie Gras +1 more

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