What to drink with pork chop? - Food & Wine Pairings

Our beloved pork chop can be prepared in countless ways: plain, with cream and mushrooms, with mustard, with figs, Mediterranean-style, Thai-style, with pepper, braised, glazed with honey, breaded and baked, au gratin, with Chaource cheese and walnuts, paella-style… It’s.

As with all dishes that can be prepared in various ways, you simply have to ask yourself: Does my preparation overpower the meat in terms of flavor?

If that's not the case, you can open a fairly light red wine:

• A Fleurie from Beaujolais
• A Bourgueil from the Loire
• A Bordeaux Supérieur
• A town in the Loire region
• A Pinot Noir from Alsace

If so, you have to agree based on the accompaniment… That’s where things get complicated!

Let's look at two examples:

1. What wine goes well with pork chops in a mushroom cream sauce: since the cream and mushrooms won’t overpower the meat, you can choose one of the wines listed above, or if you prefer a more full-bodied wine, such as:

• A Fitou from Languedoc
• A Graves from Bordeaux
• A Médoc from Bordeaux
• A Chinon from the Loire Valley

1. What wine goes well with a paella-style pork chop? Let’s just say that the paella tends to overpower the meat in terms of flavor. So choose a wine that pairs better with the paella than with the pork chop—a more full-bodied wine, a wine with a sunny character:

• A Minervois from Languedoc
• A Corbières from the Languedoc
• A Gigondas from the Côtes-du-Rhône
• A Côte-de-Provence

Other pork chop recipes:

• What wine goes well with honey-glazed pork chops: A red Beaumes-de-Venise from the Côtes-du-Rhône
• Pork chops with Chaource cheese and walnuts: A Mercurey from Burgundy, a Pernand-Vergelesses from Burgundy
• Pork Chops with Figs: A Touraine Gamay
• Pork chops with mustard: A Médoc from Bordeaux and a Fronsac from the Southwest.

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