January: Building a Taste Library or Memory

We all have smells that take us to a place and time. Is it the scent of something your grandmother cooked? The smell of a ripe Valencia orange being squeezed for your breakfast on a trip to Spain? The smell of a pub when the doors first open? It can take years but your lexicon will be unique and based on your sensory experiences.

Tasting Experiences Beverage Pairing Guide

For every matching there are rules and there are exceptions, don’t so much see these as hard and fast pairings, more a guide to the right direction. 

Australian Pinot Noir can taste bright, plummy, fruit forward, unless it’s Tasmanian in which case you can expect more earth tones, subtle mushroom and truffle. Then Red Burgundy can taste far more complex, structured and light. 

There’s no one wine, one cheese solution but we can have fun trying to find just the right combination!