Recipes

Summer Cooking with MauiWine

Firing up the grill? Here are our favorite pairing tips, what to pick up at the market, pantry staples from the winery and the wines we pour all summer long.

Pairing Pro-Tips

  • Glaze pork chops with Tripepper Jam.
  • Marinate fish with a touch of HiSpice Pineapple Hot Sauce.
  • Use ground Maui coffee in a rub on steak.
  • Mele Red Wine + pork ribs + Syrah BBQ sauce.
  • Make a mezcal margarita and rim it with Hawaii sea salt.
  • Rub chicken with Pineapple Mustard and rosemary.
  • Kula White Wine + ahi poke + mango salsa + kettle chips.
  • Lokelani bubbles and celebrations of freedom.
  • Lehua Raspberry Wine over vanilla ice cream and blonde brownies.

At the Market

Support local farmers and ranchers:

  • Ground cumin and Aleppo pepper flakes
  • Maui Cattle Co. tri-tip
  • Fresh island fish
  • Maui Cattle Co. ground beef
  • Kamuela tomatoes
  • Butter lettuce and sweet baby greens
  • Potato burger buns
  • Bratwurst
  • Avocado, lime, garlic and cilantro

From the MauiWine Pantry

Stock your pantry with flavorful favorites from our shop:

  • Hawaii sea salt 3-pack
  • Pineapple mustard
  • Syrah BBQ sauce
  • HiSpice hot sauce
  • Medium roast Maui coffee
  • Pineapple Tripepper Jam
  • Acrylic wine tumblers
  • Sweet Maui onion mustard
  • Backyard Essentials gift box

Summer Wines

  • Crisp white: Kula
  • Light, juicy and herbal red: Mele
  • Rosé: Ulupalakua Vineyards
  • Sparkling rosé: Lokelani
  • Pineapple brunch bubbles: Hula o Maui
  • Beach and pool wine: Maui Blanc
  • Steak wine: Black Label Malbec
  • Celebration bubbles: Ulupalakua Vineyards Blanc de Blanc
  • For dessert: Lehua Raspberry

We’ll see you in the kitchen! Tag us in your summer cooking photos: @mauiwine and #mauiwine.

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