Red wine and fish

[Pootle]

Is it ever considered appropriate to have red wine with fish?

[Ethel]

Yes, especially if the fish is of the 'meaty' variety such as tuna, or strongly flavoured such as mackerel.

[KenR]

Once heard someone say that you can think of wine as a sauce. If the sauce works with what is on the plate then go for it!
Red with meat, White with fish/chicken is a rule of thumb... it is by no means absolute.
I have had fish and chicken with red wine and red meat with white wine, and indeed champagne!

[puck]

I only drink red wine. I find it goes well with anything although for fish & white meat I look for a lighter wine.

[ethandron]

as with all food or drink, if you enjoy it then go for it. i imagine if you were at some swankey banquet or 'do' they wouldn't, but apart from that, it really doesn't matter.

[candygirl6]

no
well
mabey grilled salmon

[joeyp9]

in a word, NO! However this only because the taste of most fish is very delicate and red wine can often be very overpowering, but, if you like it then theres nothing to stop you. i just wouldn't serve it at a dinner party for example.
I'm a chef and i've never known anyone to like red wine with fish but go for it if you do.

[heathfield]

If it tases good, do it! A friend once suggested drinking a white wine with the cheeseboard. What??? But I tried it, and guess what? For me, it really does go together. I reckon red wine contrasts with the cheese, but I find white wine harmonises.

[KenR]

Heathfield, I have had some new world white dessert wines served with cheeseboards at formal dinners, and although a strange thought at first it can work.
One last word from me on the red with fish if I may. "It is true that tannin, in which some red wines are high, does not go happily with delicate flavours of any sort and tend to leave sort of an inky taste if drunk with fish," Jancis Robinson writes in How to Taste. "But light-bodied, low-tannin, high-acid reds ... would be fine with most fish dishes, especially those with a fairly rich sauce."
It all just a case of taste and balance in the end.

[Figi]

I virtually always drink a light red wine with fish, tho' usually a white with shellfish.