To add to your culinary pleasure, accompany the sushi with white wine… Well, bear in mind that the man that recommends this is a winemaker himself, but he does argue his point to why though.

“We always think of beer or sake [with sushi],” says Mick Schroeter, winemaker with Geyser Peak Winery in Sonoma County, Calif. Beer can be very filling, which doesn’t bring balance to the sushi dish. Sake isn’t that popular in the U.S. Wine, however, goes with everything, according to Mr. Schroeter.

He recommends sauvignon blanc as an appropriate match. “Sushi is lighter fare; sauvignon blanc is lighter, too. You don’t want a heavy wine with a light food, or the reverse,” he says.

The complex combination of flavors in sushi also makes sauvignon blanc a good companion. “Sushi is challenging because you have the saltiness and spiciness of wasabi,” a pungent root vegetable that’s shredded and served as a condiment, “and the fattiness of the fish. Sauvignon blanc works well with all three components,” Mr. Schroeter says.

Champagne??
A trend in Europe is that they drink Champagne with sushi. It might be just to show off new money, I don’t know. It is not my thing. I like water or green tea with my sushi. Or beer. And I like sake. Hot or cold.

What do you drink with your sushi?

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