Almond + Wine
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,260 recipes, and they share 93 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.
Do almond and wine go together?
Yes. 1,260 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 93 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 25% of every ingredient pair we score.
Why they work
They overlap on 93 flavor molecules: 33% of almond's 281. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.
What each one brings
almond
The tartness. Sour notes make up 18% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for wine. It carries 188 molecules wine doesn't have.
wine
The fruit. Fruity notes make up 31% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 9% for almond. It carries 445 molecules almond doesn't have.
Add a third ingredient
- Cinnamon: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with almond, top 14% with wine.
- Saffron: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 13% with wine.
- Pistachio: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 30% with wine.
- Cashew nut: top 1% of pairs with almond, top 28% with wine.
Ranked by the average of its two pairing scores. Only foods used in at least 100 recipes are suggested.
Recipes with almond and wine
Mostly desserts: 74 of the 117 recipes with a course label are desserts.
Can you swap one for the other?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: almond has 188 molecules wine doesn't, and wine has 445 that almond 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 93 shared molecules
See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 188 only in almond and the 445 only in wine.
Almond and wine questions
Do almond and wine go together?
A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 1,260 recipes, and they share 93 flavor molecules: the top 25% of all ingredient pairs.
Why do almond and wine taste good together?
They overlap on 93 flavor molecules: 33% of almond's 281. Among the shared key aromas are 2,3-pentanedione (butter, sweet) and eucalyptol (eucalyptus, herbal). Most of what they share is background chemistry many foods carry, so the overlap does little for the smell.
What goes with almond and wine?
Cinnamon is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with almond and top 14% with wine. Saffron and pistachio also fit both.
What can you make with almond and wine?
Mostly desserts: 74 of the 117 recipes with a course label are desserts. Common dishes include Almond Pudding, Almond Brown Rice Pudding, Almond Falafel, Almond Paste (Mexico).
Can I use wine instead of almond?
Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: almond has 188 molecules wine doesn't, and wine has 445 that almond 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.
Compare other ingredients
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
Compound Kitchen (2026). Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-wine. Accessed 2026-11-04.
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_almond_vs_wine_2026,
title = {Compound similarity analysis: Almond vs Wine},
author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/almond-vs-wine},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}
Methodology DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.19719459 · CC BY 4.0 · Citations are a request, not a requirement.