Hot Pot
Best wine varietals
Vinho Verde
Vinho Verde's light acidity and bubbles refresh palate with spicy, savory hot pot flavors.
Riesling
Riesling's balance of sweetness and acidity complements spicy and umami-rich broth.
Blend
Blend wines offer complexity and versatility to match diverse hot pot ingredients.
Brut Champagne
Brut Champagne's crispness and effervescence cut through rich, fatty hot pot components.
Best cocktails with this
Wine Glass • Easy • 5 min
bubbles/herbal — floral elderflower + fizz cools and lightens broths
Highball glass • Medium • 5 min
acid/herbal/smoke — bright lemon and cucumber/elderflower lift richness; smoke complements umami
Highball glass • Easy • 5 min
herbal/bubbles/acid — Pimm’s cucumber/mint and lemonade refreshes and balances heat
Copper Mug • Medium • 5 min
acid/bubbles/heat — ginger beer cuts fat, lime refreshes, good against spicy broth
Highball glass • Easy • 5 min
acid/bitter/bubbles — grapefruit bitterness and soda refreshes palate from richness
Highball glass • Medium • 5 min
acid/bitter — lemon and tonic provide citrus lift and bitter contrast to fatty broth
Highball glass • Easy • 10 min
acid/herbal/bubbles — mint and lime refresh palate, pineapple adds light sweetness to balance fat
Champagne flute • Easy • 5 min
acid/bubbles — bright citrus and sparkle cleanse the palate between rich bites
Rocks glass • Easy • 5 min
acid/sweet — lemon-honey sour adds tartness and soothing sweetness to temper spice and oil
Highball • Easy • 5 min
herbal/acid/bubbles — elderflower, lemon and mint are cooling and bright