 Ray Isle (@islewine on Twitter) is Food & Wine's executive wine editor. We trust his every cork pop and decant – and the man can sniff out a bargain to boot. Take it away, Ray. Lately I’ve been thinking about lobster. Partly this is because I spend time every summer in Maine, and partly it's because of all the odd news reports about lobstermen hauling in more and more lobsters of unusual colors - orange, blue, white, calico, one color on one side, one on another, you name it. Now, I don’t know of any studies yet about the taste of a blue lobster versus a calico one, but I do know that whenever you say “lobster” and “what wine?” people always say “oaky Chardonnay.” To that I say, "Hmm." If you have enough butter slathered on the lobster (shoot, if you have enough butter slathered on your shoe), an oaky wine may taste great. But in general, a white with a lot of new oak aging will overwhelm the flavors of shellfish, even lobster, which is fairly delicate. Here are a few other varieties to consider: Chablis (or other unoaked Chardonnays) Vermentino More from Food & Wine: Maine Lobster Festival and More of the World’s Weirdest Food Festivals © 2011 American Express Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. 
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German Riesling "relatively sweet"?
I must have missed something here (in Germany) the last 27 years (being 57 and drinking wine since I am 30)...
More importantly: eating lobster? Weird pleasure ... if (IF) you think about it.
At least it should be EXPENSIVE.
Cheap lobster is like cheap chicken: our humanity and the environemnt pay the bill (yes, VERY German, this, I know).
I 'm surprised no one mentioned the French muscadet from the Loire valley... The classic white wine to have with seafood...
Surely you forgot the Spanish Albarino. The best pairing ever with shellfish.
But then again...I am partial.
It's called Maine lobsters because it is fished in the Gulf of Maine... but actually 90% of the lobster catch is caught off the coast of Nova Scotia.
I prefer beer!
How about Tavel, or another serious rose, with both crispness and depth?
What a pairing, East Coast snob meat with West Coast overpriced grape juice!
I thought your screen name was Jollie .... then I read your comment. Boy, was I wrong.
Clearly you've been given the short end of the intelligence stick. Now you will drag the rest of the people around you down with your ignorance.
Think of it this way, more for the rest of us
Snob meat? You can get it for about $4 a pound in Maine right now. That's pretty cheap (I know. You were kidding).
Especially, when you can actually think of lobster as a Big Bug.
They're basically big waterbugs
Buttery waterbugs.
What about peasant food strikes you as east coast snob meat? On the east coast and outside of big name restaurants it doesn't cost $50 a pound. Then again, I'm going to guess that anything that doesn't come in a Wendy's wrapper is "snob food" to you.
Maybe someday you can dress up all fancy-like and treat yourself to a nice Applebee's dinner or unlimited breadsticks at Olive Garden.
Lobster used to be poor folk food,only fisherman's kids ate lobster sandwiches and got bullied at school.Now a days surf and turf will feed the rich,every one else can eat cake.
Love them lobsta $3.99 a pound in market basket this week
Wow. A local grocery store here in Knoxville, TN just went UP in price to 16.99/lb. What gives?
The Soft shell lobsters don't ship out. You're getting hard shell lobsters which are still relatively expensive, but more like $8 a pound in Maine.
Here on Long Island, $3.99 on sale, $5.99 regular price this summer.
crack open the savings account
I've always preferred Sauvignon Blanc (Sancerre, in particular) with most shellfish. But I'm not a big fan of summertime lobster. Cheaper, but only because you're paying for a lot of water from the freshly molted softies.
Roblar Langosta (Sauvingnon Blanc, Semillon)
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I dare you to say that again.