Give Wine a Chance to Live in Us and through Us

Ruminations on wine and time and place.

If you happen to be dining in a restaurant and are confronted with a tome-size wine list that’s difficult to navigate, the resident sommelier should offer several choices of bottles to match with your order. These choices should vary in style, type and price. The sommelier should not home in on one particular bottle and insist that it’s the ideal, in fact the only wine to pair with your food. Food and wine pairing requires more nuance, more looseness and engagement.