u/Decent_Impression749

Having 3 friends over to our home bar. Serving Nora Albariño with:

• roasted thyme chicken, red onions, and roasted red peppers over hummus with warm pita
• Marcona almonds
• Castelvetrano olives
• green grapes

Trying to decide on the best Manchego (with Carr water crackers):

• Murray’s Young Manchego
• El Trigal 6 Month Manchego
• Mitica Manchego 4 Month
• or your recommendation????

Which would pair best with this spread? Also open to any other small food additions that would work well with Albariño. Or do you think this is enough?

I’m having a couple girlfriends over in May for apps in my basement bar—nothing fancy, just casual—but they’re definitely way more into wine than I am. I honestly don’t drink much wine, so I have no idea what to pick.

I want to serve a white that’s actually really good and impressive (not just something basic), but also not risky since I don’t know what they usually like. My budget is up to $50ish.

I was originally thinking something like a Pouilly-Fuissé (ChatGPT suggested Louis Jadot), but figured I’d sanity check with people who actually know what they’re doing.

Any recommendations for a safe but solid white that wine people would appreciate?

PS: I wish I noticed what they drink in the past but honestly I never really noticed, I wanna say Chard or Saub blanc. but I could be wrong.