Daring Pairings: A Master Sommelier Matches Distinctive Wines with Recipes from His Favorite Chefs

This book is awesome and covers lesser known grape varieties fabulously. I'm designing my own home wine tasting around the wines and recipes in this book! Each wine has a phonetic pronunciation, history of the grape, flavors, cheeses, and then pairing pointers, anti-pairings, as well as a wonderful recipe. My example is Torrontes, it's a less known grape from Argentina. Talks about alternative names and other countries that grow this grape well. Flavor lexicon of apricot, mango, honeysuckle, jasmine, among others. Similar to Viognier and Gewurztraminer. He then talks about the differences between aged vs. not aged, low-altitude vs. high-altitude vineyards, single variety vs. blended and then skin contact or no contact. It was tons of information that helped me better understand this variety. And this was just for one grape variety! There are over 35 varieties covered in this book. The Seafood Chowder that was paired with the Torrontes was excellent.My wine tasting is going to cover an appetizer w/wine, entree/wine and then dessert w/wine. In addition I will have out the cheeses recommended. It doesn't get any simpler than this. I like this book and  The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning About Wine with Friends .

Very readable overview of the wines covered in the book - and the recipes are good too. This volume covers some of the less familar wines but provides even the novice with a boatload of information without a lot jargon. Get the "Perfect Pairing" volume by Goldstein for coverage of the more mainstream wines.

The book gives background on edgy grapes with very detailed recipes. Tried a few dishes and they turned out fantastic!

I work in a restaurant and this book offers a great perspective on how wine and food work together. Very helpful.

Got this for my granddaughter who is studying wine and all that... she also works at a place that does "wine pairings" and has tastings for wines. She adores the book.

Absolutely amazing ... even better than his first book. Great information about the varietals and a wonderful, thoughtful exposition of how to think through the pairings with each one. First rate all the way!

We bought this book following a trip to Europe, where we were exposed to great food and wine pairings. We loved it so much, we bought it for our friends.

A very nice book for the one who wish to learn more about wine pairing.And also great author .

This is a very good book altough in my opinion I needed another one with further information about grape varieties and its pairing. Anyway, I am satisfied with my purchase. Thank for all. Michael