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.
Dal Makhani (Delhi — Long-Simmered Black Lentils with Butter) · as the Library describes it — light to mid weight · very rich · well salted · a little acid · a thread of smoke · gentle heat · led by ginger, cardamom, cinnamon, toast and cream · adjust this plate →
Bridge — shared noteCut — cleanseContrast — opposition
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Mugnier Musigny Grand Cru
the acidity (bright acidity) scrubs the cream and salt 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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Markus Molitor Zeltinger Sonnenuhr Riesling Auslese
the acidity (bright acidity) scrubs the cream and salt 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 cream and salt 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 cream and salt 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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Flagship Sparkling Cider
the bead (a fine, persistent bead) scrubs the cream and salt between bites; the palate arrives clean at every pass.
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Leitz Eins Zwei Zero Riesling
the acidity ('citrus') scrubs the cream and salt 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