Wine Simple: A Totally Approachable Guide from a World-class Sommelier

For a limited time we have copies signed by Aldo Sohm.

Aldo Sohm is the longtime wine director at New York’s Le Bernardin, but Wine Simple isn’t a book about fine dining or collecting rare bottles. It’s a smart, clear, and approachable guide for people who want to understand wine more deeply—without jargon or intimidation.

Designed for what might be called a motivated beginner, the book uses charts, sidebars, and visual guides to help readers quickly compare flavor profiles, major grape varieties, key growing regions, and buying advice that ranges from practical to opinionated. (Of cabernet sauvignon, Sohm writes: “You can go down to $10 a bottle and not hate life.”) The tone is confident but never condescending, and the book invites personal discovery over rule-following.

Topics include how to taste wine, when to splurge, how to troubleshoot a flawed bottle, and what to pay attention to when building your own sense of taste. The design is lively, the structure easy to navigate, and the goal is clear: to help curious drinkers learn, enjoy, and develop a point of view.

Hardcover. Color illustrations throughout.