Which wine should go with blue cheese?

Wine and cheeses are nearly a perfect combination. Perfectly matched, they can emphasize each other’s taste. Unfortunately, a bad combination can overshadow taste of cheese, so we should observe a few ground rules which guarantee success.

Mixing wine and cheese

The basic ground rule is matching cheese intensity to wine intensity. Intensity does not have to be exactly the same, but it should be similar. Expressive wines should be mixed with intensive and expressive taste. For example, strong red wines will be composing perfectly with long-maturing hard cheeses. White wines will be amazing with soft cheese. You can also mix cheeses from the same region. That simple rule will almost always protect us from failure.

Wine and blue cheese

Penicillium is added during production of blue cheese. That makes the cheese covered with mould. Milk used for production can be cow’s, sheep’s or goat’s. Blue cheese are slightly spicy and salty, for example gorgonzola, stilton and roquefort.

This kind of cheese can be accompanied with sweet or semi-sweet cheese, preferably from late crops. Sweet taste will overshadow cheese smell and will make it more creamy and melting.

Wine, brie and camembert

Both brie and camembert are soft French cheeses produced on the basis of cow’s milk. They are white mould cheeses. Their structure is elastic and the texture is creamy. Sparkling wines such as prosecco or cava are best suited for this type of cheese. The original champagne will also work.

However, brie ensures wider choice of wine. Besides sparkling wine, both red and white wine will work, for example Chardonnay, Merlot or Sauvignon Blanc. Camembert is best composed with white dry wines, but red wine will also work. We suggest Cabernets Blanc or Chianti Rouge.