Oddball Pairings

  • Listening to Jazz, What’s My Wine Pairing?

    Listening to Jazz, What’s My Wine Pairing?

    Miles Davis, Kind of Blue – new to Jazz?  Start here: ‘JAZZ IS LIKE WINE. WHEN IT IS NEW, IT IS ONLY FOR THE EXPERTS, BUT WHEN IT GETS OLDER, EVERYBODY WANTS IT.’ STEVE LACY You are going to want a wine that can keep up to the layers and complexity of jazz.  In this case, Read more

  • I Matched (most) of My Single Socks

    I Matched (most) of My Single Socks

    Few adulting chores feel both as trivial and as satisfying as matching a bunch of your single socks.  Maybe we should all give up and just buy a jumbo Costco bag of black socks and be done with it. Now that this dumb task is done you can reward yourself.  I think that a task Read more

  • Best Wine Pairing for Pondering the Future

    Best Wine Pairing for Pondering the Future

    Thinking about the future needs a mixture of clarity and hope.  None of the squishy, comforts of an oaked Chardonnay or the misty melancholy of a Pinot Noir, instead you need the herbaceous, crisp of a nice, bright Sauvignon Blanc. This Savage or Wild White is bright with notes of lemon, lime, gooseberry, peach and can have Read more

  • Best Wine for Reading Technical Papers or Doing Taxes

    Best Wine for Reading Technical Papers or Doing Taxes

    Riesling.  From its birthplace in Germany, Riesling retains its lean precision.  Do you like a racy lime or lemon flavour full of wake-me-up crispness?  Then go for a cooler climate Riesling.  In my area, the Okanagan, (Canada) we can create some lovely crisp, citrusy Rieslings with such pronounced minerality that you think that you are Read more

  • What to Pair with an Existential Crisis

    What to Pair with an Existential Crisis

    Chianti. Chianti because you can eat it with a tomato-sauced pasta.  Chianti and tomato equal each other in acidity and balance beautifully.  Each bite enhances the next. It takes the edge off an existential crisis to have some good food and wine.  You can enjoy your crisis in comfort or reduce the need for the crisis-thinking Read more

  • What to pair with Tragedy

    What to pair with Tragedy

    Tea. The video shows how to make the perfect cup of tea using loose tea.  If you are using bags then you can measure it by two tea bags = 1 tbsp of loose tea.  I like it strong though.  You will see her also pop a tea cosy over the pot for steeping.  You Read more