Creamy cheese pasta
Chardonnay (Oaked)
Oaked Chardonnay complements creamy, buttery sauces like Alfredo.
Brut Champagne
Brut Champagne adds refreshing acidity to cut through richness.
Chablis
Chablis offers crisp minerality balancing the creamy pasta.
Sauvignon Blanc
Sauvignon Blanc provides bright acidity to contrast the sauce.
Champagne flute • Medium • 5 min
bubbles/acid — Champagne and lemon cut the rich, fatty cheese; effervescence cleanses palate
Highball glass • Easy • 5 min
bubbles/acid — light effervescence and lemon to cut creaminess
Champagne flute • Easy • 5 min
bubbles/acid/sweet — sparkling wine with honey and lemon adds brightness and light sweetness to balance cream
Wine Glass • Easy • 5 min
bubbles/bitter/acid — Aperol's bitter-aperitif notes plus soda refresh against heavy, creamy pasta
Wine Glass • Medium • 5 min
bubbles/acid — spritz brightness balances rich cheese
Wine Glass • Easy • 5 min
bubbles/acid/herbal — gin and sparkling water with lemon offers aromatic lift and acidity to cut richness
Highball glass • Medium • 10 min
bubbles/acid — soda lift and citrus refresh the palate
Collins glass • Medium • 10 min
bubbles/acid — Tom Collins–style citrus fizz to cleanse fat
Highball glass • Easy • 5 min
acid/bitter — crisp vodka and tonic with lime provides bright acidity and quinine bitterness to refresh palate
Highball glass • Medium • 5 min
acid/bubbles — lemonade’s tartness refreshes and brightens
Highball glass • Medium • 5 min
acid/herbal/bubbles — citrus and elderflower offer floral lift
Coupe • Medium • 10 min
acid/herbal — a lemon-forward gin cocktail brings citrus lift and herbal clarity against creamy sauce
Cocktail Glass • Medium • 10 min
acid/herbal/sweet — elderflower and tonic add floral lift and light bitterness that complements cheese without overpowering