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White wine + Almond

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 331 recipes, and they share 86 flavor molecules: the top 22% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together331 recipes
Ranktop 22% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool White wine Almond
223white wine only 86shared 195almond only White wine · 309 Almond · 281
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do white wine and almond go together?

Yes. 331 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 86 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 22% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 86 flavor molecules: 31% of almond's 281. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

What each one brings

white wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 37% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for almond. It carries 223 molecules almond doesn't have.

almond

The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 11% for white wine. It carries 195 molecules white wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Saffron: the best fit for both, top 10% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with almond.
  • Pistachio: top 28% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with almond.
  • Artichoke: top 11% of pairs with white wine, top 4% with almond.
  • Cashew nut: top 28% of pairs with white wine, top 1% with almond.

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

Recipes with white wine and almond

We have no browsable recipe that lists both white wine and almond.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: white wine has 223 molecules almond doesn't, and almond has 195 that white wine 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.

All 86 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 223 only in white wine and the 195 only in almond.

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White wine and almond questions

Do white wine and almond go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 331 recipes, and they share 86 flavor molecules: the top 22% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do white wine and almond taste good together?

They overlap on 86 flavor molecules: 31% of almond's 281. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and 2-heptanol (bitter, floral).

What goes with white wine and almond?

Saffron is the best third ingredient: top 10% of pairs with white wine and top 1% with almond. Pistachio and artichoke also fit both.

Can I use almond instead of white wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: white wine has 223 molecules almond doesn't, and almond has 195 that white wine 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
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: White Wine vs Almond. https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-almond. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_white_wine_vs_almond_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: White Wine vs Almond},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/white-wine-vs-almond},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.