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Yeshua Goodman, who grew up fishing, hunting, and camping on Maui and is an advanced sommelier, leads the Fire & Wine experience for the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. Photo Credit: Courtesy of Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea
Tovin Lapan
At the Fire & Wine experience offered to guests of the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea, the venison like many of the items served during the interactive meal is more than just a perfect pairing for a full-bodied syrah; it is a vehicle for discussing Hawaii s history, food systems and sustainable future.
The axis deer on Maui are an invasive species, introduced to the Islands in the late 1860s when King Kamehameha V accepted a gift of a small herd from visiting dignitaries from Hong Kong. With no natural predators in the archipelago, the deer proliferated, and today hunting and consuming them helps control the population.