Beverages · The pairing room
Start with the plate.
Name the dish's structure and the whole cellar answers — wine, sake, tea, coffee, beer or spirits on structural merit, never category habit. The move is always named; the reason is always written out.
Mac Salad — Hawaiian Macaroni Salad · as the Library describes it — light to mid weight · rich · seasoned · a little acid · led by pepper and cream · adjust this plate →
Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition
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La Scolca Black Label Gavi di Gavi
the acidity ('lemon zest') scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Mugnier Musigny Grand Cru
the acidity (bright acidity) scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Aramasa No. 6 X-type Junmai Ginjo
the acidity ('lemon') scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Kubota Senju Tokubetsu Honjozo
the acidity ('crisp mineral') scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
the tannin ('oak') scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
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GT's Synergy Organic Kombucha — Gingerade
the bead ('effervescent') scrubs the fat between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
Not yet carried in British Columbia — its page tells you where it comes from.
Suggestions are structural, drawn from each pour's own recorded markers · back to your cellar