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Pork + Red wine

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 680 recipes, and they share 111 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together680 recipes
Ranktop 17% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Pork Red wine
313pork only 111shared 172red wine only Pork · 424 Red wine · 283
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do pork and red wine go together?

Yes. 680 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 111 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 17% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 111 flavor molecules: 39% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are sotolon (curry, maple) and gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

What each one brings

pork

The fresh, green side. Green notes make up 14% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 6% for red wine. It carries 313 molecules red wine doesn't have.

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 14% for pork. It carries 172 molecules pork doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Beef: the best fit for both, top 1% of pairs with pork, top 12% with red wine.
  • Mallard duck: top 2% of pairs with pork, top 12% with red wine.
  • Mushroom: top 8% of pairs with pork, top 9% with red wine.
  • Tomato: top 10% of pairs with pork, top 8% with red wine.

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

Recipes with pork and red wine

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: pork has 313 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 172 that pork 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 111 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 313 only in pork and the 172 only in red wine.

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Pork and red wine questions

Do pork and red wine go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 680 recipes, and they share 111 flavor molecules: the top 17% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do pork and red wine taste good together?

They overlap on 111 flavor molecules: 39% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are sotolon (curry, maple) and gamma-nonanolactone (coconut, sweet).

What goes with pork and red wine?

Beef is the best third ingredient: top 1% of pairs with pork and top 12% with red wine. Mallard duck and mushroom also fit both.

Can I use red wine instead of pork?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: pork has 313 molecules red wine doesn't, and red wine has 172 that pork 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: Pork vs Red Wine. https://compkitchen.com/compare/pork-vs-red-wine. Accessed 2026-11-06.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_pork_vs_red_wine_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Pork vs Red Wine},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/pork-vs-red-wine},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-06}
}

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