What wine pairs with tzatziki?

Assyrtiko

white · Assyrtiko · Santorin · Grèce — 9–11°C

Santorini Assyrtiko (volcanic grape grown in kouloura on Minoan-eruption ash and pumice) — lemon, sea salt, flint and dried herbs form the unmissable regional pairing for Greek tzatziki; Aegean salinity echoing 10%-fat strained Greek yoghurt, lemon prolonging the squeezed-lemon finish, flint holding grated cucumber and chopped fresh dill.

Sauvignon Blanc

white · Sauvignon Blanc · Marlborough · Nouvelle-Zélande — 8–10°C

Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (Wairau Valley terroir in northern South Island) — explosive passion fruit, lime, cut grass and minerality echo the cucumber and dill of tzatziki; herbal pyrazine-green edge mirroring grated cucumber (same molecular family), taut acidity slicing fatty Greek yoghurt, passion fruit balancing piquant grated garlic.

Vinho Verde

white · Loureiro, Alvarinho · Minho · Portugal — 8–10°C

Minho Vinho Verde (Loureiro-Alvarinho-Trajadura, NW Portugal on humid granitic soils at 9-11° alcohol) — lime, crisp green apple, Atlantic salinity and light petillance balance the acidic freshness of tzatziki; natural petillance lightening fatty Greek yoghurt, taut acidity slicing piquant grated garlic, green apple prolonging grated cucumber in mirror.