Pasta Day tips for wine pairing and recipes

In celebration of Pasta Day on October 25, experts are sharing recommendations for pairing various pasta dishes with specific wines. Sommelier Thamirys Schneider suggests that creamy sauces, meats, mushrooms, and cheeses require wines with particular acidity, body, and tannin intensity.

Recommended pairings include white aromatic wines for fettuccine with lemon and shrimp to balance the sauce's fat, and light to medium-bodied red wines for mushroom-based penne to complement earthy flavors without overpowering them.

Additionally, a recipe for mushroom pasta features shiitake and shimeji mushrooms sautéed in sesame oil with garlic, scallions, culinary sake, oyster sauce, and soy sauce for a quick, savory meal.