Oysters

Elite food and aphrodisiac par excellence, oysters represent a fine and refined food that can enhance a dinner for two like that of Valentine's Day. There are various types of oysters but a main division can be made between flat oysters, with a softer and more delicate taste, and concave oysters, more fleshy and with a light brackish taste. Unlike what one might think, champagne is not the ideal pairing for oysters, although considered an enviable pair as both symbol of high status . For concave oysters , the saline minerality of a Muscadet is better accompanied by that of the mollusk, as well as a Chablis which derives from the particular soil from which it originates, rich in marine fossils including oyster shells. With flat oysters the ideal pairing could fall on a Riesling, provided that Auslese, a Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi, fresh and balanced, or a Chardonnay of Sicily, with sweet and citrus scents. Strange but true, an interesting alternative for any type of oyster lies in sweet wines such as Moscato d'Asti or an old vintage Sauternes.

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Bouzy Nature Blanc de Blancs Laurier

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Brut Guy Charlemagne Blanc de Blancs Laurier

Champagne Brut AOC Impérial Moët & Chandon

Côtes de Provence AOC Miraval Rosé 2023 Château Miraval

Trevenezie IGT Rosato Rosa dei 2023 Masi

Petit Chablis AOC 2022 Simonnet-Febvre

Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru AOC Bruno Paillard

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Les Crayeres Brut Nature 2018 Marguet

Sicilia Menfi DOC Chardonnay 2022 Planeta

Chablis Premier Cru Vau Ligneau AOC 2022 Louis Moreau

Champagne Brut AOC Grande Cuvée 171ème Édition Krug

Champagne AOC Bouzy Grand Cru Réserve Brut Dom Basle Delavenne

Rheingau QbA Riesling Trocken 2022 Kloster Eberbach

Chablis AOC 2022 Jean-Marc Brocard

Champagne AOC Pas Dosé Integral Charles Ellner

Champagne Brut AOC Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition Krug

Mosel QbA Riesling Trocken 2022 Fritz Haag

Sicilia Sauvignon Blanc DOC Urra di Mare 2023 Mandrarossa