Yes, usually one enjoys cookies with a glass of milk or a cup of coffee or hot chocolate. However, last week I had occasion to pour wines, alongside a collection of cookies. I assure you that these cookies deserved to be paired with wines instead.

The culinary creation of Lior Lev Sercarz, these cookies are truly works of art themselves. Under the banner of La Boite a Biscuits, Lior uses unusual flavors in his cookies such as fig, elderflower, ouzo and lavendar. Inspired by the season and a chosen artist’s interpretation, the cookies, or rather biscuits, combine confection and culture into one. The accompanying tins feature the artist’s work and are collectible.

Last week, I had the opportunity to pour wines for a new importer, Sherbrooke Cellars, at a gallery opening. I poured three wines to gallery guests while they enjoyed not only a wonderful art show, but also an assortment of luxury cookies.

So what does one serve with such a grand selection of sweets? I had three wines to offer the attendees: a small grower Champagne (Champagne Charles Ellner Cuvee De Reserve NV), a Bourgogne Blanc (Jacques Bavard Bourgogne Blanc 2006) and a Pouilly-Fuisse (Challet Pouilly Pouilly Fuisse 2005). As it was hot summer’s evening, most guests were drawn to the Champagne, but as Lior is French, there were several other French people in attendance, who seemed more drawn to try the white Burgundies. While I did not personally taste the wines in concert with the cookies, I am confident that all, especially the Champagne, were an excellent match given their high acidity to counter the sweetness of the biscuits.

I did have a chance to taste a few of the cookies (the servers came around with the tins when things were slow) and they were quite lovely. However, at $65.00/box, you certainly don’t want to dunk them in milk.