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Aldo then teaches you how to take your wine knowledge to the next level and evolve your palate, including techniques on building a \u003cb\u003e“\u003c\/b\u003eflavor library,\u003cb\u003e” \u003c\/b\u003ea cheat sheet to good (and great) vintages (and why you shouldn't put everything on the line for them), tips on troubleshooting tricky wines (corked? mousy?), and, for the daring, even how to saber a bottle of champagne. 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As the wine director of New York’s three-Michelin-starred restaurant Le Bernardin, he draws on his decades of experience to help diners navigate a carefully curated wine list and select the perfect bottle to accompany their food. The perfect pairing can be transformative: The wine makes the food taste better, the food makes the wine taste better, and the synergy between the two takes your meal to a whole new dimension. If you’re not a professional, however, understanding how to pair food and wine can be daunting. Enter \u003ci\u003ePerfect Pairings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether you’re scanning a restaurant's giant wine list or picking up a bottle for a dinner party, \u003ci\u003ePerfect Pairings \u003c\/i\u003eteaches you how to choose the right wine for the moment. Aldo distills his vast database of expert knowledge into a fun and useful guide that you can turn to at any time. Most wine pairing books simply list which wines to pair with which foods, but \u003ci\u003eWine Simple: Perfect Pairings\u003c\/i\u003e goes a step further, teaching you how to \u003ci\u003ethink like a sommelier\u003c\/i\u003e and create the pairings yourself. You’ll learn basic information about the wines you’ll be pairing, followed by ways to think about the elements of what you eat; together, these tools form an ingenious wine-pairing method created by Aldo. Plenty of visual guides, cheat-sheets, and hand-holding will guide you along the way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the tools Aldo provides, you'll learn how to find the perfect pairing for everything from Thai red curry (dry Riesling) to a burger with fries and ketchup (cabernet franc). 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