suitable wines to go with wedding menu, to purchase in France

[mrdutton]

As a stand-alone the Beaujolais Cru along with salmon sounds like an wonderful pairing.

And it might even work well with a dinner where more than one wine is served but I'd want a more powerful red to be served with the lamb.

However, variety being "the spice of life," I'd still suggest sticking with some traditions which seem to work rather well: white before red, light before intense, dry before sweet and minor before fine or rare [img]http://www.wines.com/ubb2/wink.gif[/img] .

White wine with the Salmon and red wine with the lamb seems the simplist approach in this case and probably the most pleasing to the greatest number of people.

[However, pairing a medium bodied red with the salmon and then a more intense red with the lamb could be fun, and interesting.]

I'd plan my menu like this:

Salmon - white wine
Lamb - red wine (medium if little or no spice)
Lamb - red wine (assertive if the lamb is spiced)
Cake - Sweet Champagne

I know that is the tradtional way, but sometimes traditional does not hurt.

[This message has been edited by mrdutton (edited 02-04-2000).]