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Pairing Wine with Grilled Food

Bring out the best in your food by serving dinner with a perfectly selected wine. — Sara Schneider, Wine Editor for Sunset Magazine

Grilled Tuna with Chipotle Ponzu and Avocado Salsa
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Tuna: Grilled Tuna with Chipotle Ponzu and Avocado Salsa

The combination of avocados and chipotles has a distinct flavor that can make this dish hard to pair with wine. But there's one that can handle it beautifully: Riesling. The light and fragrant fruit flavor of the wine echoes the orange and lime in the dish's sauce, and the rich texture of the wine stands up nicely to the meaty tuna. Make it a barely off-dry one (Riesling ranges from bone-dry to quite sweet), and even the chipotle chiles won't faze it.

Recipe: Grilled Tuna with Chipotle Ponzu and Avocado Salsa

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