What We Hope to Inspire
A huge part of our mission is to restore the confidence and aptitude of home chefs while expanding our readers’ knowledge of food & wine. Our goal is to help our entire community create high-quality food & wine inspired moments on a more regular cadence directly from within their own homes. We strive to bring a more affordable, more intimate opportunity to experience food & wine pairings in a way that creates lasting memories and moments you will cherish.
MEET YOUR SOMMELIER
Nathan Murphy
Founder & Certified Sommelier
I spent the first 4 years of my career working in restaurants, but it wasn’t until my wife & I had a wine shop open beneath our apartment in NYC that my relationship to food & wine truly changed.
One night, I had made roasted duck with a tart cherry glaze & duck fat fingerlings potatoes with fresh herbs. We had extra, so I brought some down to the folks working in the wine shop. As a thank you, they excitedly opened a bottle of Valpolicella - a grape I had never even heard of - and that simple pairing changed my appreciation for food & wine forever.
I started Pair & Pour to bring that life changing experience to more people and to reinvigorate everyone’s sense of what a dinner at home can be. Over the last decade, I have been fortunate enough to travel all over the world visiting 100+ wineries in over 15 countries and becoming a certified sommelier in the process. I have a deep, deep appreciation for food & wine and its a privilege to get the chance to share what I have learned with all of you.
I hope you invite our food & wine pairings into your home.
I hope that you’ll awaken an adventurous palette.
I hope you will join us on this journey.
Cheers | Santé | Cin Cin | Salud | Prost | Skål | S'gilt