YAK TRACKS: WINING with YAK

So what kinds of wine go well with yak?

I had no idea, but fortunately, our neighbor Joerg Klauck of Vermont Wine Merchants knows just about everything there is to know about wine, including what berries might fit with the unique taste of yak.

Here he is at an August 2008 farmer's market, waxing rhapsodic about a "Pinotage" variety, as well as some other suggestions.

Kate and I tried a 2006 Pinotage with our yak this past week - it proved phenomenal.