Cheese

Soft and bloomy cheese

Creamy fat can be cut or matched: bubbles slice through it, a textured white sits alongside it.

Traditional-method sparkling

Classic

Bottle-fermented sparkling wine with fine bubbles and toasty, biscuity lees character.

Acidity and bubbles cut through creamy fat and refresh the palate.

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Serve 8–10 °C

Solid

Fuller-bodied whites, often oaked or lees-aged, with texture and stone-fruit or nutty depth.

Matching texture rather than cutting it, for a softer, more harmonious pairing.

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Serve 10–13 °C

Pairing suggestions are editorial, drawn from established convention rather than measurement.