Umami うま味

The "fifth" taste. We all know about sweet, salty, sour, bitter, but umami - a pleasant savoury taste is especially important when matching wines and food because both cheese and meat are high in Umami content.  Our little Umami friend below was creed by Thomas. Tomatoes are also high in Umami (but not as easy to match with wine..we'll do a post about that soon). 

Our Umami friend! Savoury red meat, juicy tomato from the south of France.