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Mushroom + Red wine

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 720 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together720 recipes
Ranktop 9% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Mushroom Red wine
309mushroom only 117shared 166red wine only Mushroom · 426 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do mushroom and red wine go together?

Yes. 720 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 117 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 9% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 117 flavor molecules: 41% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What each one brings

mushroom

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 9% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for red wine. It carries 309 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 20% for mushroom. It carries 166 molecules mushroom doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Thyme: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with mushroom, top 9% with red wine.
  • Plum: top 10% of pairs with mushroom, top 5% with red wine.
  • Tomato: top 7% of pairs with mushroom, top 8% with red wine.
  • Shallot: top 4% of pairs with mushroom, top 12% with red wine.

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

Recipes with mushroom and red wine

We have no browsable recipe that lists both mushroom and red wine.

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mushroom has 309 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 166 that mushroom 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 117 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 309 only in mushroom and the 166 only in red wine.

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Mushroom and red wine questions

Do mushroom and red wine go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 720 recipes, and they share 117 flavor molecules: the top 9% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do mushroom and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 117 flavor molecules: 41% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are 2-methoxy-4-methylphenol (smoky, clove) and guaiacol (smoky, sweet).

What goes with mushroom and red wine?

Thyme is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with mushroom and top 9% with red wine. Plum and tomato also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of mushroom?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: mushroom has 309 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 166 that mushroom 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

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Two ingredients gives the full side-by-side breakdown; add a third to see a similarity matrix across all of them (up to 6).

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: Mushroom vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/mushroom-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-03.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_mushroom_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Mushroom vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/mushroom-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-03}
}

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