According to Alex Bruno, certified sommelier with Tri-Vin Imports in New York, you’ll want your wine to have enough body and structure to match your cookie. If it’s a simple cookie, go for an equally uncomplicated wine with enough acidity to balance the sugar in the cookie. Another rule of thumb is to pair sweeter wines with sweeter cookies. Typically, a wine that is as sweet or slightly sweeter than its food counterpart, with complementary flavors (citrus, spice, chocolate, berries, and so on), will create a great pairing. So go find your favorite cookie recipe, cue up a Christmas movie on Netflix, and we’ll take care of the rest. Here are Bruno’s seven top recommendations for pairing vino with gingerbread, jam thumbprints, snickerdoodles, and everything else your tartan tin contains. RELATED: The One Thing You Need to Do to Bake Perfect Chocolate Chip Cookies, According to Jacques Torres
