Best Value
Bleasdale The Wise One Tawny NV
Langhorne Creek, SA
$23.67per bottle
$142.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Food & wine pairing
Best wine with blue cheese
Salty blue and sweet wine: the classic contrast.
Tawny & Topaque
Tawny and blue cheese is a match made in heaven.
- Same weight as the dish, so neither drowns the other
- Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
Why it works Dish Wine
Weightrichness vs body
Aciditytang vs freshness
Fat / tanninfat softens grip
Sweetnessdish vs wine
Gardner's Vineyard Ruby Fortified
Eyre Peninsula, SA
$24.00per bottle
$144.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Sevenhill 'First Planting' Classic Topaque
Clare Valley, SA
$33.33per bottle
$200.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Valdespino Manzanilla Deliciosa Sherry 375ml
Jerez, Spain
$45.17per 750ml equivalent
$271.00 for 12 × 375ml
Cellars
Dessert wine
Botrytis Semillon and Roquefort is a French classic.
- Lighter than the dish: best with a lighter version of it
- Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
Why it works Dish Wine
Weightrichness vs body
Aciditytang vs freshness
Fat / tanninfat softens grip
Sweetnessdish vs wine
Best Value
Spinifex Muscat à Petits Grains 2023
Barossa Valley, SA
$25.42per bottle
$305.00 for 12 × 750ml
Cellars
Trentham Reserve Noble Taminga Botrytis /2016 2015 375ml
Murray Darling, NSW
$34.33per 750ml equivalent
$206.00 for 12 × 375ml
Cellars
Chateau Maris Rare Orange Muscat Petit Grain 2021
Languedoc, France
$32.08per bottle
$385.00 for 12 × 750ml
Cellars
Hugh Hamilton The Ruffian Liqueur Muscat NV
McLaren Vale, SA
$38.00per bottle
$228.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Sparkling Shiraz
A fun, festive pick with gorgonzola.
- Same weight as the dish, so neither drowns the other
- Fresh acidity lifts the flavours and cleans up each bite
Why it works Dish Wine
Weightrichness vs body
Aciditytang vs freshness
Fat / tanninfat softens grip
Sweetnessdish vs wine
Best Value
Triple Creek Sparkling Shiraz NV
Barossa Valley, SA
$17.00per bottle
$102.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Schild Estate Sparkling Shiraz NV
Barossa Valley, SA
$26.17per bottle
$157.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Bleasdale Sparkling Shiraz NV
Langhorne Creek, SA
$26.67per bottle
$160.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
PepperGreen Estate Sparkling Shiraz NV
Southern Highlands, NSW
$27.00per bottle
$162.00 for 6 × 750ml
Cellars
Tip
Salty cheese needs sweet wine. Keep the pours small.
Best avoided
Dry, light whites taste sour next to blue cheese.
About blue cheese and wine
Today’s picks run from $17.00 to $45.17 a bottle, chosen for value from 59 matching wines across the Australian retailers we compare. Six-packs and dozens are shown as a price per bottle.
Questions
What wine goes best with blue cheese?
Tawny & Topaque, Dessert wine and Sparkling Shiraz are the best matches for blue cheese. Tawny and blue cheese is a match made in heaven.
What’s a good cheap wine with blue cheese?
Triple Creek Sparkling Shiraz NV is the cheapest of today’s picks at $17.00 a bottle from Cellars. Prices are checked every 4 hours.
What wine should I avoid with blue cheese?
Dry, light whites taste sour next to blue cheese.
