im going to cook a penne with vodka cream sauce for my first date what type of wine should i use?!

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Cream is light/white so I would go with a good white wine. Try a Pinot Grigio. They usually say pair the color of your wine with the color of your food. So a tomato sauce would be good with a red, and a cream sauce with a white. It's really a personal preference, though. The only thing that is a real NO-NO is seafood with red wine. They found that wines with high amounts of iron (reds) had a more intensely fishy aftertaste. So if you're adding shrimp or crab, stick with a white. If it's chicken/meatless/steak- anythings good!

While a white, dry wine would match well with your dish...why not serve vodka martini's with your dinner? Wine is good, but the Vodka sauce paired with the martini would be excellent.

But if you insist on wine, go white and go dry not sweet.