Wine with food shellfish
Which wine goes with shellfish?
Prawns, mussels and lobster taste sweet and briny. A white with some texture and minerality carries that sweetness; with prawns fried in garlic and chilli the wine can be fuller and more aromatic.
Our 2 picks
White · Douro
Moscatel Galego Branco
Prawns, ideally fried with some heat. The full, dry style handles garlic and chilli.
Moscatel Galego
€ 11,35 per bottle · View the wine →
White · Minho
Aveleda Solos de Xisto Alvarinho
Prawns, mussels, lobster: the creamy texture carries their sweetness, the minerality keeps it sharp.
Alvarinho
€ 16,20 per bottle · View the wine →
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