Wine and Stinky Cheese

If you enjoy aggressive, full-flavoured, strong-smelling cheeses like Stilton, Blue, Gorgonzola and Roquefort, matching wines to these can be difficult. You’ll need equally full-bodied, full-flavoured reds like Nebbiolo, Shiraz, Zinfandel, and Pinotage or aromatic whites like Gewurztraminer, Muscat and Viognier. However, more interesting combos come from playing off the salty element in these cheeses. Sweet wines like port, Madeira, sauternes, Icewine and late harvest selections really work wonders here. Together, the wine tastes less sweet, the cheese less salty and a third ethereal flavour is created that’s this side of heaven. Try it and you’ll see what I mean.