[Sca-cooks] Wines at a Feast

[Adele de Maisieres]

Laura C. Minnick wrote:
>> Manufacturing, distributing, selling, serving, or furnishing of 
>> alcoholic beverages by the SCA or its branches or subdivisions is 
>> prohibited within the United States and its territories.
>>
>> Officers are not prohibited from giving gifts of alcohol; however, it 
>> must be done as individuals, and not as part of their official duties 
>> as officers. Giving or receiving gifts of alcohol in court is not 
>> considered to be part of an officer's official duties.
>
> Other places, such as Canada, have different laws regarding alcohol, 
> and one should consult the laws of those kingdoms before planning wine 
> at a feast.
>
> In general, I suspect it is not so hot of idea, as it has the 
> potential to open us up to liability issues, and we really don't want 
> to go there.
>

There are no real liability issues here (New Zealand) that I am aware 
of, and I get the impression that attitudes to alcohol are far more 
relaxed, but, all the same I've never done it. 

I'm not sure whether wine-and-food matching is a period practice, other 
than in the sense that particular categories of wine should be served at 
different points in the meal.  A number of dishes tended to be served at 
once, so I don't think careful wine-and-food matching was possible. 

Having said that, I've been toying with the idea of a fine food feast 
where I charge lots and serve foods that are beyond the normal feast 
budget, and wine would definitely be on the menu.


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Adele de Maisieres

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