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Red wine + Mushroom

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 Red wine Mushroom
166red wine only 117shared 309mushroom only Red wine · 283 Mushroom · 426
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and mushroom 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

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.

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.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with red wine and mushroom

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

Can you swap one for the other?

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

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

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Red wine and mushroom questions

Do red wine and mushroom 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 red wine and mushroom 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 red wine and mushroom?

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

Can I use mushroom instead of red wine?

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

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: Red Wine vs Mushroom. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-mushroom. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_mushroom_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Mushroom},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-mushroom},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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