Wine pairings for
Here are 3 recommended wine pairings for salt and pepper squid. Click the button below to explore all options on the Verso app.
Rosé de Provence
Provence Rosé (Grenache-Cinsault from the Maures), pale and chilled to 8°C, accompanies crispy Cantonese salt and pepper squid; pink grapefruit and peach calming Sichuan pepper dusted on fried squid rings, dried herbs echoing spring onion and fresh coriander finish, freshness de-greasing the 180°C sesame-oil frying.
Albariño
Rías Baixas Albariño (Atlantic Galicia, pergola vineyards on granite facing the ocean) — white peach, lemon, pronounced marine salinity and white flowers are made for Galician-style crispy squid; Atlantic salinity echoing squid fished in the same sea (Galician-coast chipirones), taut acidity de-greasing the frying.
Picpoul de Pinet
Picpoul de Pinet (native Piquepoul Blanc from the Thau lagoon at Mèze) — sharp lemon, sea salt, Mediterranean herbs and Bouzigues-oyster minerality cut through frying and awaken salt-pepper flavours; chiseled acidity de-greasing rings fried in 180°C groundnut oil, salinity prolonging Sichuan-salt dusted on squid.