The Ultimate Wine and Vape Pairing Guide

For serious wine lovers and those passionate about food, it is possible to turn any meal into a foodie experience simply by selecting the ideal wine pairing for your meal. But for many, wine pairings don’t have to be exclusive to food. For millions of vape users across the world, combining your love of good wine with your favorite hobby creates the possibility for the ultimate flavor experience. 

With the popularity of vaping growing more and more every day, using SMOK devices and your favorite e-liquid flavors to find the ultimate wine pairing can be a uniquely enjoyable experience, perfect for your next friend’s gathering or a quiet night at home. 

Riesling

Riesling is a unique white wine that combines a high level of minerality with a noticeable sweetness. It is often paired with seafood, particularly those with a slightly sweet flavor like tuna and swordfish. This is mainly because the fish can match the strong mineral component of the wine without competing with it. 

To find your ideal e-liquid match, you should look for something with similar qualities. Flavors like strawberry and blackcurrant are complex enough to complement the wine’s unique flavor while offering the perfect balance of sweetness to the mix. 

Pinot Noir

Drinkers of Pinot Noir often describe it as the smoothest red wine on the market, with delicious notes of dark cherry perfectly combining with the complex flavors of wild game. Like Merlot, a well-made Pinot Noir has a spicy backbone, and the perfect e-liquid will further enhance this spice.

Liquid flavors like cinnamon, vanilla, and clove, as well as a variation of pumpkin spice, will allow you to enjoy the comforting and familiar tastes and smells of the festive season all year round. For chocolate lovers, you will never go wrong with the classic wine and chocolate pairing. 

Chardonnay

Chardonnay has a deliciously crisp flavor with a noticeable buttery aftertaste, thanks to the natural production of diacetyl during the aging process in an oak cask. Many people enjoy their chardonnay on the very buttery side, accentuating this familiar and comforting flavor with cream-based dishes. 

Use this as inspiration by choosing a vape juice with a prominent creamy element. Vanilla milkshake, banana cream, and fresh lemon cream will leave you with a similar impression. 

Rosé

Rosé is a naturally light and fruity flavor and can be easily overwhelmed with rich or complex pairings. Best enjoyed with flavors like fresh summer salads and delicate white fish, the summer influence is the ideal place to start when selecting an e-liquid to match. In order to highlight the crispness of the wine, it is best suited with sweet and fruity flavors like peach and apple. 

Experiment with richer fruit flavors like watermelon and banana, but be prepared for the possibility of these stronger tastes burying the airy alcoholic beverage. 

Pinot Grigio

Pinot Grigio is best described as a crisp, dry white wine with bursts of fruity character that many would say tastes like citrus, pear, or green apple. When paired with food, it best compliments dishes that would traditionally be finished with a squeeze of fresh lemon. 

Carry this freshness forward by selecting an e-liquid like sour green apple, sour lemon, or something with a citrus flavor you enjoy. For those who prefer a slightly sweeter option, lemon custard or lemon tart will give you the best of both worlds. 

Merlot

Merlot is one of the most popular blends of the Bordeaux wine-growing region, home to some of the oldest vineyards in the world. It is a unique and complex red wine with a distinguished fruity character while still being classified as a dry blend.

A high-quality merlot will typically have spicy notes, making it an ideal pairing for desserts. Pursue this combination by choosing an e-liquid that can capture the rich flavors of dessert dishes without being overpowered, like blackberry crumble or rich raspberry. 

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon is a full-bodied and complex dry red wine. It has a demanding and assertive flavor palette, which demands an equally dominating pairing. For many people, pairing this wine with rich red meat is a no-brainer, as it is the only food that can stand up to the robust wine taste without being overpowered. 

In order to recreate this top-tier match, the perfect glass of Cabernet Sauvignon is well-suited with a delicious and smokey tobacco e-liquid. By nature, these liquids are full-flavored with little to no sweetness, making it the perfect partner for this wine.  

Fortified Wine

When producing fortified wine, a distilled spirit is added to the wine before the fermentation process is complete. This kills the yeast in the wine before it has had the opportunity to convert all the sugar in the grapes into alcohol, creating a final product that is sweeter in flavor compared to other varieties and blends. The most well-known example of this is Port. 

Because it is commonly consumed as a dessert wine, the perfect e-liquid pairings draw their inspiration from classic dessert flavors like ice cream and custard. Pair port with vanilla custard juice, creating the ultimate combination to finish any meal.