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Are you referring to hors d'oeuvres? Wine and cheese pairings vary with the cheese. Stilton cheese goes nicely with Port, bleu cheese and Sauvignon Blanc can pair nicely, a medium-bodied red wine might go with hard cheeses such as Gouda, Cheddar or Asiago. Chevre goat cheese is a nice match with the Loire wines, a Sancerre Sauvignon Blanc for young chevre and a Savennieres Chenin Blanc for aged chevre. Cheese can be used in many appetizers such as cheese and nut balls, cheesespread on bread or toast triangles or coating a large pimiento-stuffed olive, in gougeres, cubes of cheddar or swiss cheese, etc. on toothpicks with cubes of ham, cheese sticks and more. Cream cheese is used in appetizers on toast with jam or on bread rounds with thinly sliced cucumbers and fresh dill. Cream cheese also pairs with smoked fish (a white wine would be best for this pairing such as Albarino or Sauvignon Blanc or Chablis.)