Don’t like your food so closely paired with wine? Then head to Portsmouth, N.H., where you can quaff an English-style bitter, a West Coast IPA, or Russian-style stout at Portsmouth Brewery, then walk among the brick buildings of the harbor town toward any of dozens of restaurants. Two of note: Jumpin’ Jay’s Fish Café, for haddock piccata or fisherman’s stew, or The Black Trumpet, for the peppered veal chop or the chile-rubbed filet.

www.portsmouthnh.com.