Wines to Pair with Easter Dinner

Having trouble deciding what wine to pair with Easter Dinner? This guide helps layout some nice The Pour Vineyard wine pairings with Easter staple dishes. We also included some recommendations when pairing foods with wine to help with future wine pairings.

Harvest Red - Our Harvest Red is our dry red wine at The Pour Vineyard. Not only is it delicious, but good for the heart. It is a Chambourcin/Norton blend, full bodied with nice tannins. Are you having Mary’s little lamb for Easter? A rack of lamb is strong in flavor and demands a full bodied tannic wine to support it. Our Harvest Red is just the wine for the job.

Reserve Vignoles and Vignoles - Ham, it’s an Easter staple. The Pour Vineyard at one time was a pig farm. During that time frame baked ham was a go-to on the kitchen table. If you think Grandma Pour’s Sangria is good you should try her ham. Our Reserve Vignoles/Vignoles is our dry/off-dry white wines that will pair perfectly with that sweet-salty meat. When pairing wines with foods that have a sauce, such as a pineapple glazed ham, you can pair the wine to the sauce versus the protein to bring out a nice balance of flavors in the dish.

Prairie White and Prairie Red - Roasted chicken for Easter is a tradition on my mom’s side of the family. Our Prairie Red is a lighter bodied red and our Prairie White is an off-dry white with nice acidity. Chicken is a lean meat with both white and dark meat. Having both a Red and White wine on the table that doesn’t overpower the chicken is a smart move!

Farmhouse Red, Farmhouse White and Blackberry wine - And what wine pairs best with all of the Easter chocolate you stole out of your children’s Easter baskets? With something sweet like milk chocolate you need a wine equally as sweet. Our Farmhouse Red, Farmhouse White, and Blackberry have a nice delicate sweetness that will pair perfectly with those Cadbury Eggs you secretly bought for yourself.

Buy your The Pour Vineyard wine for Easter on our online store.