The Brave New World Of Wine And Cannabis Pairings

Wine and food pairings are deep in the past. Even beer and food pairings seem hopelessly out of the last decade. The next frontier, according to sites with names like The Cannabist and Leafly? Wine and cannabis pairings.

As cannabis legalization creeps forward, state by state, users are beginning to modernize their habit past the usual “buy it in a park, smoke it semi-secretly” routine. Pot culture as it relates to food has long been pretty primitive; “stoner food” is an entire category of dining, focusing on cheap thrills, greasy or fried or otherwise non-subtle, theoretically non-sophisticated cuisine. That’s beginning to change, especially in Colorado. Katie Shapiro of The Cannabist reports on new efforts to combine wine and weed.

Leafly, a guide to all things cannabis, has already published a pretty illustrated guide to beer and weed pairings. (Drinking a wheat beer? Opt for citrusy strains like Maui Waui,...

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