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ryanm
July 17, 2013
Having a really hard time imagining braised pork with spicy potatoes as going well (in any conceivable way) with Sauvignon Blanc. Has someone actually tried this?
pierino
July 17, 2013
ryanm, I do take your point. I know it seems an unlikely pairing. But I live in a wine producing region and as guest "sommelier" I brought in a friend who actually judges serious wine competitions. He tasted the Uproot and suggested coming up with something spicy. So that's how that came about. And of course Food52 did its own testing/tasting.
ryanm
July 17, 2013
I'll have to take your word for it, pierino! My concern was also that this thread was less about careful, vetted food/wine pairing than it was a favor for an investor.
pierino
July 17, 2013
ryanm, I can't really speak to that issue but my understanding is that Uproot is a marketing partner and not an investor. But if you e-mail editorial they can help you with clarification.
ryanm
July 17, 2013
I was just going off the note above that the winery was started by a Food52 investor. It's also, as far as I can remember, the only time a particular wine from a particular winery has been the center of a Food52 feature.
Marian B.
July 17, 2013
We did in fact do this to help out an investor, but also because we like what Jay and Greg are doing at Uproot, and we knew that our community of excellent home cooks would have fun coming up with recipes to pair with this wine. We all love a good challenge!
pierino
July 17, 2013
And to add to Marian's point, none of us got paid to contribute other than receiving a couple of bottles of good wine to taste and then match with food. And frankly, it was indeed fun.
ChefJune
July 16, 2013
How did I miss this? I'm on the site every day. :(
Kristen M.
July 18, 2013
ChefJune, we didn't post this project on the site before this week, we just reached out to a small handful of Food52 members. We would have loved to reach out to more of the community but this was just a small pilot project. Glad to know you're interested for next time!
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