Wines to go with Ahi Tuna and Heirloom Tomatoes

[Howaboutaredwine]

Hi there,
I'm currently in the process of assisting the opening of a new restaurant. I'm looking for ideas of wines to go with a ahi tuna appetizer which has soy sauce, wasabi, with shredded napa cabbage. and pair a wine with a Heirloom Tomato Salad which has feta cheese,basil, balsalmic and austrian pumpkin seed oil. I know my own preferences, but I'm looking for other ideas to use in my training meeting. Thanks for the help and ideas.

[Thomas]

Not knowing the level of heat in the proportions for your ingredients, my suggestion is Riesling--of the semi-dry style, especially with balsamic...

For the tuna, you would have to tone down the heat and maybe you can get away with Pinot Noir--but again, this is the kind of food I woulod have to taste before I could give good guess.



[This message has been edited by foodie (edited 08-02-2004).]

[megawill]

you might try a good gewurtztraminer (Hogue, Fetzer) as well...

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megawill

[Innkeeper]

Hi H.A.A.R.W., and welcome to the Wine Board. I would go to one of the respectible retailers out there, and ask them to swallow their prejudices and sell you a very light Zinfandel from California.