Why the ultimate breakfast of champions might just be wine and cheese

The trend for pairing booze and breakfast seems unusual – and likely to get you sacked. But in certain settings, with certain foods, it starts to make sense

It’s hard to find a compelling argument against drinking wine with your breakfast, although writing this a little bit drunk, as I am now, is one.

In the past few weeks, a movement of pairing wine with “unusual things” has been doing the rounds online. One beauty site suggested pairings for wine and face masks – say, a clarifying clay with a verdant white – although the trend’s most accessible offshoot, which comes from New York magazine, is about pairing wines with breakfast sandwiches. It’s less about getting smashed and more about expanding your vinic horizons. Or, in my case, having a negligible amount of riesling with some heavily salted avocado on toast and seeing how the day unfolds.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2yy5N8e