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Cider + Red wine

34cider only 74shared 209red wineonly Cider · 108 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

18 recipes mention both · top 3% of pairs

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Overlap, weighted to rarer moleculesstrong
Mentioned together18 recipes
Ranktop 3% of pairs
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Do cider and red wine go together?

A few recipes mention both. 18 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 74 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 3% of a large random sample of ingredient pairs.

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  • Apple: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with cider, top 3% with red wine.
  • Pear: top 4% of pairs with cider, top 2% with red wine.
  • Plum: top 5% of pairs with cider, top 2% with red wine.
  • Grape: top 4% of pairs with cider, top 3% with red wine.

Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.

Recipes with cider and red wine

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 8 carry a course label; 7 are mains.

Cooking Whole Hams 3 versionsFarced Head 3 versionsPoached Eggs 2 versionsChristmas WassailVarious Preparations of Beef.Great British pork: from head to toe

Some of these have the ingredient list only, without the method. Where we have the original source, the recipe page links to it.

The count of 18 includes every recipe our index matched to both foods, some through an alternative or a related ingredient. This list is shorter because it shows only recipes whose ingredient lines name both. Open a few to see how they are used.

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Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cider has 34 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 209 that cider doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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What they have in common

More than half of cider's flavor molecules (74 of 108) also occur in red wine. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

All 74 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 34 only in cider and the 209 only in red wine.

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Cider and red wine questions

Do cider and red wine go together?

18 recipes in our collection mention both, and they share 74 flavor molecules, which puts them in the top 3% of random ingredient pairs.

What do cider and red wine have in common?

More than half of cider's flavor molecules (74 of 108) also occur in red wine. Among the shared key aromas are ethyl 2-methylbutyrate (fruity, apple) and ethyl pentanoate (yeast, fruit). Shared chemistry is a reason to try a pair, not a promise that it works on the plate.

What goes with cider and red wine?

Apple is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with cider and top 3% with red wine. Pear and plum also fit both.

What can you make with cider and red wine?

Of all the recipes we matched to both, only 8 carry a course label; 7 are mains. Common dishes include Cooking Whole Hams, Farced Head, Poached Eggs, Christmas Wassail.

Can I use red wine instead of cider?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: cider has 34 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 209 that cider doesn't. Treat them as partners, not stand-ins. This compares flavor only; texture, moisture and the job each does in a dish matter too.

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Ranks compare this pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. Molecule counts are what the studies and databases we aggregate have reported for each ingredient: a measure of coverage, not a full census. How we score pairs

Cite this analysis
Plain text
CompKitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Cider vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/cider-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-15.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_cider_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Cider vs Red Wine},
  author = {{CompKitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/cider-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-15}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719458 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.