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.

Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay 2022 Domaine de Vauroux

Champagne Brut AOC Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition Krug

Sicilia DOC Chardonnay Jalé 2022 Cusumano

Champagne AOC Authentique Brut Gervais Gobillard

Alta Langa DOCG Metodo Classico 2020 Duchessa Lia

Champagne AOC Le Mesnil Grand Cru Brut Les Coulmets 2016 Guy Charlemagne

Prosecco Treviso Brut Rosé DOC 2023 Ca' di Rajo

Alta Langa DOCG Riserva Extra Brut 2019 Coppo

Franciacorta DOCG Brut Satèn Muratori

Chablis Premier Cru AOC Mont de Milieu 2020 Simonnet-Febvre

Südtirol - Alto Adige Terlano DOC Sauvignon Blanc Quarz 2022 Cantina Terlano

Sicilia DOC Sauvignon Blanc Urra di Mare 2023 Mandrarossa

Chablis AOC 2023 Domaine Droin Jean-Paul & Benoit

Alsace Réserve AOC Riesling 2023 Willm

Champagne AOC Brut Vintage 2014 Piper-Heidsieck

Chablis AOC 2022 Jean-Marc Brocard

Champagne AOC Blanc de Noirs Brut Nature Vollereaux

Champagne Brut Rosé Premier Cru AOC Prestige Duval-Leroy