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Mike Pyle
Adjunct Faculty Member, IU School of Physical Education and Tourism Management, IUPUI

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Wine and Food Pairing: There Really is a Difference When It is Right!
Mike Pyle, Physical Education and Tourism Management

Using two small 1"x1" cubes of chicken, fish, pork, and beef per person, a presentation of 6 wines are used to complement (or not!) these different foods. Although food and wine pairing can become a truly overdone and overwrought, if not pretentious venture, learning the genuine basics can be fun and wonderfully satisfying for nearly anyone!

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About Mike Pyle
Mike Pyle is Vice President of National Wine and Spirits Company, Indianapolis, and an adjunct faculty member in the beverage management program in the Indiana University School of Physical Education and Tourism Management at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis.

About Winter College Conversations
Winter College Conversations are a series of interviews with faculty members who lectured during the Winter College program in 2007. The series was produced by the IU Alumni Association with special support from Ken Beckley and the IU School of Liberal Arts at IUPUI. Winter College takes place in February at Sanibel Island, Florida. To learn more, visit the Winter College home page.