Wine Never Goes Alone

Indeed, nothing could be more natural than to speak of wine and relationship, bond, or pairing. Because, it seems, wine resists solitude. Even when it's a single glass, we are the glass and ourselves, or the music, or the silence; for wine is, fundamentally, society.

Marriage and Wine: A Historical Journey

Weddings have always been accompanied by wine: from the Wedding at Cana, to epic tragedies on Olympus or realistic descriptions in the literature of Flaubert and Dickens. Where there is a party, there is wine, and where there is wine, there is food.

However, what we know as pairing — from the French mariage, "marriage" — is a recent invention that took its current form at the beginning of the 20th century, hand in hand with gastronomic sophistication.

Modern Pairing

The responsibility lies with figures like Marie-Antoine Carême and Auguste Escoffier, who codified haute cuisine. Thanks to them, wine culture was paired with culinary arts under principles of complementarity and harmony.

A modern sommelier is a kind of matchmaker who seeks for acidity to cut through fat, or for fruitiness to temper spiciness, seeking a completeness, as defined by Alain de Botton in The Course of Love.

Advisory for Weddings and Events

At Lacava.shop, we want to be that matchmaker who pairs our clients with the perfect wine. We offer specialized advice for couples and wedding planners to discern which labels to choose and how to pair them with the banquet.

Our alliance with Uniko allows us to link wines and weddings through personalized virtual gift registries.

Here we share a small, very basic infographic for pairing.