[Sca-cooks] Wines at a Feast

[King's Taste Productions]

Oooh ooh ooh - an excuse to talk to our REALLY DREAMY sommelier that
comes in to teach food pairing classes at Viking.  I will ask him if he
knows any of the history of it next time he comes in.  Did I mention he
was REALLY DREAMY?
Christia...drool...nna

-----Original Message-----
From: sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=comcast.net at ansteorra.org
[mailto:sca-cooks-bounces+kingstaste=comcast.net at ansteorra.org] On
Behalf Of Barbara Benson
Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 2:54 PM
To: Cooks within the SCA
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Wines at a Feast

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

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