Alcohol free beverages and food pairing
Alcohol free beverages and food pairing: Restaurant ‘In de keuken van Floris’ in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, provides a great example. They treat their guests, because of their their 7 year anniversary, on a free wine pairing during their nine-course dinner. For those who do not drink alcohol, they serve a freshly squeezed juices arrangement. They will treat their guests from Wednesday to Friday until August the 2nd 2013.
Non-alcohol beverages / food pairing? Why not? With Father’s Day my daughter of 14 years got a glass of non-alcoholic wine served at restaurant Merlet (Schoorl, The Netherlands). A nice gesture from the restaurant, to give another taste sensation for those who don’t drink. Those guests who do not drink alcohol, not even at a gourmet dinner, often drink water during dinner. Because you want to spoil the taste of the dish. In the meanwhile we see the growth of the market of non-alcoholic beer in The Netherlands, we see lunch & sandwich shops that offer non-alcoholic wine at lunch. With this information in mind, there is certainly a great opportunity for gourmet restaurant to upsell and offer non-alcoholic beverages pairing. Especially for the ‘Bob’ of the culinary party, a nice gesture. And a culinary combination with coca-cola seems quite a challenge to me, and if you find one, you can also serve the Rouge Sucette for the wine lovers! ^ Marjolein
Website: In de keuken van Floris
