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.
Costolette alla Valdostana con Fontina Fusa · as the Library describes it — mid weight · rich · well salted · a little acid · adjust this plate →
Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition
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Raveneau Chablis Grand Cru Les Clos
the acidity ('lemon') scrubs the salt and savour 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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Dauvissat Chablis Premier Cru La Forest
the acidity ('lemon') scrubs the salt and savour 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 salt and savour 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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The Yamazaki 12 Year Old Single Malt
the tannin ('Japanese oak sandalwood') scrubs the salt and savour 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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Kiku-Masamune Kimoto Junmai
'dried mushroom' in the pour meets the dish's savour underneath; depth answering depth.
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 salt and savour 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