The Discussion Topic is :-
Subject: Wine, Food and Pairings

Question: I'm in the process of normalizing my data into 2 maybe 3 excel tables
(and then importing them into Access 2010 and creating the relationships/links there),
and I had thought that the information I needed for my small startup was simple,
but the more I'm looking around, I'm realizing that I may be in a bit over my head.

The sample wine database here has too much info for what I need, basically, I'm creating
a very basic wine varietal database with a very basic profile of the wine, and the Food
that pairs with it will mostly be food that can be stored easily for tastings.

Where I'm having trouble is that I'm "rating" how the wines (not every wine is a "match"
by using a scale of +2(Perfect), +1(Positive), 0(Neutral), -1(unpleasant), -2(avoid).

I have several reference books and my own notes that I will be using to enter the data.

Currently, I have my "wine" data in one "table".
Fields are:
Wine_ID
Wine_Name
Wine_TastePro(file)
Wine_Color
Wine_GrapC
Origin
Noble (Y/N)
Tasting Notes.

For the food, I have:
Food_ID
Food_Catagory
Food_Name
Food_Prep(aration)
Food_TastP(rofile)
Food_Temp
Food_Notes

What would be the best was to go about linking the data?

Should I create a separate table with my "ratings" and then enter each possible "pairing" in it's own field using the id's of both.

Ideally, I would like to be able to generate a "Wine" report and bring up the different "food" matches, from best to worst,
sometimes maybe only the best match, and vice versa, I'd like to bring up a food item and find the best wine pairings.

My brain is having trouble making the next step though.

I've worked with databases in the past, pretty deeply in the design but not development stage, but it's been 20 years.

I think that having this information at my fingers instead of spending the next 3 years at Sommelier school would help me
make a go of my little catering business.

I appreciate any assistance you all can give me.