Looking for Suggested Wine Pairing(s) for three dishes: Chicken Apple Pepper Stew/Stir Fry || Feta Yogurt Pumpkin Pizza || Lentil Mushroom Tomato Ragu - The Athan Zafirov Wine Blog

Looking for Suggested Wine Pairing(s) for three dishes: Chicken Apple Pepper Stew/Stir Fry || Feta Yogurt Pumpkin Pizza || Lentil Mushroom Tomato Ragu

For an upcoming weekend menu, I'm looking to pair some nice wines for three different meals picked by my companion.

I'm aware we cook relatively non-standard but I'm trying to gain experience and see how wine can fit food. The meals are not necessarily eaten across the evenings in the order listed. Also my companion often makes changes to the recipes, e.g., we might not use an ingredient but we will use the title components. I appreciate any help this community is willing to give for a wine novice such as myself!

The first is a Chicken Apple Pepper Stew/Stir Fry. It is a Dutch recipe (https://koken.vtm.be/recept/wok-met-kip-appel-en-gele-paprika) but contains mustard, chicken, a yellow pepper and apple, stir fried in a cream-based sauce.

The second is a Feta Yogurt Pumpkin Pizza. Again Dutch (https://healthywanderlust.nl/recepten/gezonde-pizza-geroosterde-pompoen/) but it is a pizza topped with feta cheese, some rucola, yogurt, carpers, zucchini and pumpkin.

The final one is a Lentil Mushroom Tomato Ragu. The original recipe available through the waybackmachine (https://web.archive.org/web/20161106112010/https://theaccommodatingchef.com/2015/10/03/mushroom-ragu/). It contains Portobello, tomato, lentils mainly.

What would you recommend or which advice can you give for good pairings? What tastes to focus on, where to look for inspiration. Many and varied suggestions are welcome!

My own ideas are difficult. I have a cellar where I have a couple of bottles I think should be drunk soon. Suggestions from these would be great, but any thoughts are appreciated! For instance, I als have a These are (along with the drink-by date on cellartracker):

2008 Società Agricola Nativ Taurasi -> 2016

2010 Schola Sarmenti Armentino Negroamaro - Primitivo -> 2015

2010 Viña William Fèvre Carménère La Misión Reserva → 2016

2011 Bodegas Hispano-Suizas Pinot Noir Bassus → 2015

2011 Robert Mondavi Winery Chardonnay Reserve -> 2016

2011 Aquinas Cabernet Sauvignon → 2016

2013 Casa Silva Carménère Santa Tierra Estate -> 2016

2011 Argiolas Vermentino di Sardegna Is Argiolas -> 2015

2012 Miguel Torres Garnacha Catalunya Sangre de Toro -> 2016

2012 Bodegas Atalaya Almansa Alaya Tierra -> Grenache, Garnacha Tintorera 4 bottles 2016

2012 Bodega Septima Septimo Dia Mendoza Chardonnay -> Argentine, 2016

2012 Rebel Wine Cabernet Sauvignon The Show -> 2016

2013 Le Bourgogne de Louis Latour Blanc Chardonnay → 2016

2013 Domaine de la Pauline Miracle → 2016, sauvignon-viognier, 1 bottle

2013 Terra d'Oro Winery Viognier → 2016

2013 Domaine de la Jasse Vin de Pays d'Oc Barrique Blanc → Chardonnay 2015

2014 Weingut Setzer Golden Grüner Veltliner → 2016/2017

2009 La Pauline Cabernet Sauvignon Vin de Pays d'Oc La Pauline d'Or → 2016

2014 Minkov Brothers Bi Cycle Chardonnay - Colombard → 2016/2017

2015 Gérard Bertrand Vin de Pays d'Oc Gris Blanc → Rose, 2017

2010 Terra d'Oro Winery Zinfandel -> 2015, Zinfandel drink soon

2001 Château Beau-Séjour Bécot Saint-Emilion -> 2015

2008 Kendall-Jackson Merlot Vintner's Reserve -> 2016

2009 Perelada Empordà 3 Fincas Crianza -> 2016, weird blend

2010 Château La Coste Coteaux d'Aix-en-Provence Les pentes douces -> drink soon

2006 Domaine Dublère Gevrey-Chambertin 1er Cru Champeaux -> 2016

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