Wine pairing
The meal is ready.
Now, which bottle?
It smells wonderful, everyone’s sitting down, everything is ready, except the wine decision. You know what you’re about to eat; what you’ll open is another story. And the pairing rules nobody remembers don’t help.
Photograph the dish. Octave does the rest.
He understands what you’re about to eat, weighs it against your palate, looks at your cellar first, and tells you what to open. And if nothing truly fits, he says so.
Côtes-du-Rhône 2021
E. Guigal · Rhône
“The pan juices call for its peppery syrah.”
Try it, right now
What are you eating tonight?
Pick a dish, then a source. Octave answers like a sommelier: your cellar, a bottle available near you, or both.
Your cellar
Chianti Classico 2022
Castello di Ama · Toscane
Octave recommends
You tell me “lasagna,” and your palate loves a lively acidity: Sangiovese cuts the tomato and the richness of the béchamel, its fine tannins stand up to the beef. Born for this dish, and for your taste.
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Hosting
Every meal, its thread of wines.
Guests, a meal that matters, several courses: Octave composes the whole evening’s sequence, the starter, the main, the cheese, each wine at the right moment, the way a sommelier would. You pour with confidence.
“The Chablis opens, the Côtes-du-Rhône carries the main, and keep the Montepulciano for the cheese.”