Ray Isle: Wine & Potato Chip Pairing

If you want to participate at home, here are the wines to have on hand. Use your own chips, or grab the Aspen Tasting Kit from our friends at Wine Chips.

• Wine #1: 2012 Bollinger La Grande Année

  Sea salt chips pair well with the bubbles and bright acidity of champagne.

• Wine #2: 2020 Silverado Vineyards Borreo Ranch Kerner

  Pair with a salt & vinegar chip - notice how the wine tastes less acidic than it did before, and you pick up the fruit more.

• Wines #3 and #4: 2018 Benovia Russian River Chardonnay and 2018 Domaine Chanson Pernand-Vergelesses 1er Cru Les Vergelesses

  Try both the Chardonnay and the Pernand-Vergelesses with a sour cream & onion potato chip, and observe which one you think pairs best.

• Wine #5: 2019 Robert Biale Vineyards Black Chicken Zinfandel

  Pair with a barbecue chip - this is a pretty robust zinfandel, and with this sweet & smoky chip, you'll definitely notice a change in the wine.

• Wine #6: 2020 Weingut Fritz Haag Brauneberger Jufer Kabinett Riesling

  A spicy chip, like the calabrian chili chip used in this demonstration, "craves" the balance of this off-dry Riesling.

• Wines #7 and #8: 2014 Musella Amarone and NV Hidalgo Gobernador Oloroso Seco

  Blue cheese can be difficult to pair with wine - so Ray took a guess! Try with both the rich Amarone and the dry Oloroso sherry. He thinks one will work with this chip. What do you think?