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Red wine + Pear

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 64 recipes, and they share 112 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together64 recipes
Ranktop 6% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Red wine Pear
171red wine only 112shared 249pear only Red wine · 283 Pear · 361
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and pear go together?

Yes. 64 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 112 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 6% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 112 flavor molecules: 40% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity) and ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

What each one brings

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 25% for pear. It carries 171 molecules pear doesn't have.

pear

The tartness. Sour notes make up 16% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 10% for red wine. It carries 249 molecules red wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

  • Plum: the best fit for both, top 5% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with pear.
  • Apple: top 9% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with pear.
  • Quince: top 14% of pairs with red wine, top 1% with pear.
  • Grape: top 9% of pairs with red wine, top 4% with pear.

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

Recipes with red wine and pear

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 171 molecules pear doesn't, and pear has 249 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 112 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 171 only in red wine and the 249 only in pear.

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Red wine and pear questions

Do red wine and pear go together?

A proven pairing. Cooks put them together in 64 recipes, and they share 112 flavor molecules: the top 6% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do red wine and pear taste good together?

They overlap on 112 flavor molecules: 40% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are isoamyl acetate (banana, fruity) and ethyl isobutyrate (fruity, ethereal).

What goes with red wine and pear?

Plum is the best third ingredient: top 5% of pairs with red wine and top 1% with pear. Apple and quince also fit both.

Can I use pear instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 171 molecules pear doesn't, and pear has 249 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 Pear. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-pear. Accessed 2026-11-04.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_pear_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Pear},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-pear},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-04}
}

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