Dinner is planned, guests are invited, but what to serve with your meal?
A visit to your local LCBO can be a little overwhelming with the selection of wines available. Hopefully this food and wine pairing chart will make your wine selection easier. This chart contains wines that are found in the LCBO General List. The wines includes in this pairing chart have all been highly rated by Billy Munnelly author of “Billy’s Best Bottles, Wines for 2012”. This list has a “shelf life of approximately two months before the vintages change so BUY NOW.
Plus all wines listed below are under $20.00 and available on the L.C.B.O General List, making it easy to serve a nice wine or two this holiday season without breaking your budget.
| Food | Wine/Grape | Producer/Year | Region | Price |
| Light fish and meat dishes. Salmon, trout, smoked meats, salads, lightly seasoned stir-fries | Sauvignon Blanc (white) | Coopers Creek “Silver Point” 2010 | New Zealand | $12.95 |
| Dry Riesling (white) | Vineland Estates 2008 | Ontario, Niagara | $13.95 | |
| Sauvignon Blanc (white) | Kato 2009 | New Zealand | $14.95 | |
| Seafood and shellfish | Riesling (white) | Thirty Bench 2010 | Ontario, Niagara | $18.95 |
| Sauvignon Blanc (white) | Santa Rita Reserva 2010 | Chile | $13.95 | |
| Sauvignon Blanc (white) | Trius 2010 VQA | Ontario, Niagara | $13.95 | |
| Light pastas with a seafood or light tomato sauce or creamy sauce or with pesto, gnocchi, risotto, seafood salad. | Blend (white) | Chapoutier “Belleruche” Blanc 2009 | Côtes du Rhone, France | $14.95 |
| Pinot Grigio/Verduzzo (white) | Masi “Masianco” 2010 | Italy | $14.95 | |
| Un-Oaked Chardonnay (white) | Peninsula Ridge “Inox” 2009 | Ontario, Niagara | $11.95 | |
| Rich lobster, shell food dishes, white fish (halibut & turbot), spiced chicken, and pork dishes | Chardonnay (white) | Xanadu “Next Of Kin” 2009 | Australia | $14.95 |
| Chardonnay (white) | McWilliam’s “Hanwood” 2009 | Australia | $13.95 | |
| Chardonnay (white) | Louis Latour “Ardeche” 2008 | France | $12.45 | |
| Rich poultry (Turkey, duck, goose, etc.) and pork dishes | Pinot Gris (white) | Yabby Lake “Cooralook” 2008 | Australia | $15.45 |
| Chardonnay/ (white) | J. Lohr “Riverstone” 2009 | California | $18.95 | |
| Cold and cured meats simply grilled chicken, pork and veal. Robustly seasoned and BBQ’d fish dishes. | Pinot Noir(red) | Albert Bichot 2008 | Bourgogne, France | $15.95 |
| Sangiovese (red) | Rocca Delle Macie “Straccali” Chianti 2009 | Italy | $11.45 | |
| Pinot Noir (red) | Cono Sur 2010 | Chile | $10.95 | |
| Most types of meat, beef and especially plainly cooked lamb and homey dishes like Shepherd’s pie and sausages | Merlot (red) | 181 Wine Cellars 2008 | Lodi, California | $16.95 |
| Melbec (red) | Trapiche Reserve 2010 | Argentina | $11.95 | |
| Merlot (red) | Thierry & Guy “Fat Bastard” 2010 | France | $14.95 | |
| Char-grilled steaks, casseroles, spicy meats, vegetarian dishes such as goulash | Cabernet Sauvignon (red) | Carmen “Gran Reserva” 2009 | Chile | $16.95 |
| Carmenère (red) | Lapostolle “Casa” 2010 | Chile | $15.95 | |
| Shiraz (red) | Bodegas Graffigna Reserve 2008 | Argentina | $12.95 | |
| Shiraz (red) | Mitolo “Jester” 2008 | Australia | $21.95 |