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Category	Pairing
Cheese	Blue Cheese
Red Meat	Ham
Fruits & Nuts	Fruit Salad
Vegetables	Lentils, Risotto, Vegetable, Roasted Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Salad, Nicoise Salad, Stir Fry, Spinach, Bruschetta, Zucchini
Fish or Shellfish	Caviar, Calamari, Shellfish (scallops, clams, crab, lobster, shrimp, etc...), Deep Fried Catfish, Deep Fried Bass, Stews and Soups, Bouillabaisse, Sushi
Herbs & Spices	Saffron, Wasabi
Vegetables	Leafy Greens
Poultry & Eggs	Soufflé

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France	France is the standard bearer for all the world’s wines, with regard to the types of grapes that are used to make wine and with the system of defining and regulating winemaking. Its Appellation d’Origine Controlee, or AOC system, is the legislative model for most other European countries. Most French wines are named after places. The system is hierarchical; generally the smaller and more specific the region for which a wine is named, the higher its rank. There are four possible ranks of French wine, and each is always stated on the label: Appellation Contrôlée (or AOC), Vin Délimité de Qualité Supérieure (or VDQS); Vin de pays, or country wine; and Vin de table. France has five major wine regions, although there are several others that make interesting wines. The three major regions for red wine are Bordeaux, Burgundy, and the Rhone; for white wines, the regions are Burgundy, the Loire and Alsace. Each region specialized in certain grape varieties for its wines, based on climate, soil, and local tradition. Two other significant French wine regions are Provence and Languedoc-Roussillon, both in the south of France. Cahors, in the southwest of the country, produces increasingly good wines.
Sparkling Wine	Sparkling wines are part of a growing category of bubbly wines.
Blanc de Blancs	Literally 'white from whites', blanc de blancs champagne is made from light-skinned Chardonnay grapes. This sparkling wine has maximum finesse, lightness and elegance.