[Sca-cooks] Wines at a Feast

[Barbara Benson]

Greetings,

This is an interesting concept, but I am curious about something. Has
anyone come across any references that imply or state that such a
thing as pairing wines with specific foods was a practice known in
period?

Evaluating the food and then selecting a wine to complement and
balancet the "experience" seems to be a thoroughly modern concept to
me. But it would be fascinating should someone be able to document
otherwise.

I have at times thought about letting people know what beverages would
have been consumed with the meal, be it wine, beer or mead. Or
possibly supplying a carafe of water that has hypocras spices infused
into it for people to water their own wine. But I haven't figured a
good way to accomplish this.

Glad Tidings,
Serena da Riva