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Red wine + Potato

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 317 recipes, and they share 114 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.

Smell alikemoderate
Cooked together317 recipes
Ranktop 15% of pairs
Try them in the pairing tool Red wine Potato
169red wine only 114shared 345potato only Red wine · 283 Potato · 459
Circle size = number of flavor molecules on record. Overlap = molecules they share.

Do red wine and potato go together?

Yes. 317 recipes in our collection combine them, and they share 114 flavor molecules. That places them in the top 15% of every ingredient pair we score.

Why they work

They overlap on 114 flavor molecules: 40% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

What each one brings

red wine

The fruit. Fruity notes make up 34% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 13% for potato. It carries 169 molecules potato doesn't have.

potato

The roast. Roasted notes make up 11% of its labelled aroma molecules, against 5% for red wine. It carries 345 molecules red wine doesn't have.

Add a third ingredient

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

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

Recipes with red wine and potato

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

Can you swap one for the other?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 169 molecules potato doesn't, and potato has 345 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 114 shared molecules

See every shared molecule grouped by chemical class, with key aromas marked, plus the 169 only in red wine and the 345 only in potato.

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Red wine and potato questions

Do red wine and potato go together?

A good pairing. Cooks put them together in 317 recipes, and they share 114 flavor molecules: the top 15% of all ingredient pairs.

Why do red wine and potato taste good together?

They overlap on 114 flavor molecules: 40% of red wine's 283. Among the shared key aromas are beta-damascenone (apple, rose) and furaneol (caramel, strawberry).

What goes with red wine and potato?

Rosemary is the best third ingredient: top 7% of pairs with red wine and top 4% with potato. Tomato and thyme also fit both.

Can I use potato instead of red wine?

Not really. Each has a lot the other lacks: red wine has 169 molecules potato doesn't, and potato has 345 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 Potato. https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-potato. Accessed 2026-11-05.
BibTeX
@misc{compkitchen_compare_compound_similarity_analysis_red_wine_vs_potato_2026,
  title  = {Compound similarity analysis: Red Wine vs Potato},
  author = {{Compound Kitchen}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://compkitchen.com/compare/red-wine-vs-potato},
  note   = {Accessed: 2026-11-05}
}

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