Pearl Morisette Dinner & Paired Wine Tasting With Winemaker

The balance between creativity and technical execution when it comes to both winemaking and food is fragile at best. Very early on in the life of the restaurant, I realized that what set the wines of Pearl Morissette apart from other producers was not so much their technical execution, but the passion behind them.     A balanced and stable wine can be inspiring and even exemplary but does little to stir emotion. You need that touch of poetry and artistry to produce something really great. A good winemaker is always part scientist, part philosopher, part poet, part time-traveller, part alchemist...  A similar thing can be said about the food at RPM. Balanced flavours and perfectly cooked dishes are nothing without an inspired ingredient, like sweetgrass from the garden or locally foraged autumn olives.  You can always sense the hand of the winemaker or chef at Pearl Morissette, their sensibility, their whimsy, their craftsmanship, and their passion, all intermingling.  As a celebration…