A lot of chefs, wine aficionados and culinary connoisseurs these days are irrevocably trapped in the illusion of wine pairing rules, stating that you always want to serve white wine with “the other white meat,” namely pork.

So while the world has had some very sweet, light and breezy recipes shove down their gullet over the past decade, the truth is, if you have a truly premium quality cut of pork and a boutique quality, artisan style, small production red wine, particularly from the central California coast, you are in for a very intoxicatingly mysterious and delicious, deep and complex layered flavor experience that you will relish with fond memories for years and years to come.