Food and wine pairings are a many-splendored thing.
They're also a complete bugger.
Take as many flavors as you can pull out of a wine, then multiply that by as many flavors as you can pull out of a dish, and you've got close to the number of possible combinations of food-wine pairings.
Sheesh.
Good thing someone's thought this through.
Many someones, actually, have put pen to paper when it comes to getting a handle on what to drink with what you eat.
What they all agree on?
Take it one bite, and one sip, at a time.
Just like the folks at The Belfry Inne and Bistro in Sandwich are doing with their food and wine tasting series, every Wednesday evening from 6 to 7 p.m.
This week's focus is on Australian reds and the foods that love them.
You sip. You bite. You decide what works, what doesn't.
And then you go back for more.
WHAT: Food and Wine Tasting Series
WHERE: The Belfry Inne and Bistro, 8 Jarves Street, Sandwich
WHEN: Wednesdays from 6 to 7 p.m.
COST: $18
DAILY TIDBIT:
Virgin America airline has partnered with Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk on a new in-flight wine and food menu. Their first offerings? The 2002 Arrowood Sonoma County Merlot with a fruit and cheese plate and the 2008 Turnbull Sauvignon Blanc with a tropical fruit appetizer or the poached pear with hazlenut crisp cake.
Virgin America airline has partnered with Wine Library TV's Gary Vaynerchuk on a new in-flight wine and food menu. Their first offerings? The 2002 Arrowood Sonoma County Merlot with a fruit and cheese plate and the 2008 Turnbull Sauvignon Blanc with a tropical fruit appetizer or the poached pear with hazlenut crisp cake.
