Best Wine Pairing Books of 2025

Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion by Maegan Brown is a visually stunning and deliciously enticing cookbook that offers 50 inspiring, family-friendly, and easy-to-recreate snack boards. From classic cheese and charcuterie to fruit-and-veggie rainbows with cracker clouds, each board is artfully arranged and comprised of easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods. The book includes boards for anytime family meals and snacks, seasons and holidays, breakfast and brunch, desserts, and entertaining and special occasions. With gorgeous photos and step-by-step instructions, this entertaining game changer will have you spending less time in the kitchen and more time having fun.

The Flavor Bible is a must-have book for any kitchen. It's an essential guide to creating deliciousness in any dish, with thousands of ingredient entries that provide a treasure trove of spectacular flavor combinations. The book is organized alphabetically and cross-referenced, making it easy to work more intuitively and effectively with ingredients. It's seasoned with tips, anecdotes, and signature dishes from America's most imaginative chefs. The book won the 2009 James Beard Book Award for Best Book: Reference and Scholarship. Overall, it's an outstanding reference for anyone looking to elevate their cooking skills to the next level.

Wine Folly: Magnum Edition is an expanded hardcover guidebook that offers an inventive and easy-to-digest approach to learning about wine. It includes more than 100 grapes and wines, a wine region explorer with detailed maps, wine labeling and classification 101, an expanded food and wine pairing section, and more essential tips to help you become an expert. Written by Madeline Puckette, a certified sommelier, and Justin Hammack, a founding partner of Wine Folly, the book is a must-have for both newbies and devotees looking to take their wine knowledge to the next level. Overall, Wine Folly: Magnum Edition is a practical and fun guidebook that offers a unique and comprehensive approach to wine education.

The New French Wine [Two-Book Boxed Set]: Redefining the World's Greatest Wine Culture is a comprehensive and authoritative guide to contemporary French wines and producers. With over 800 producers and 7,000 wines featured, the book takes readers on a tour of every wine region of France. The first book provides a thoroughly reported narrative overview of each region, while the second book is a comprehensive reference guide to the producers and their wines. The book is packaged in a deluxe slipcase and features evocative photography and maps. This is an essential read for wine lovers and aspiring wine enthusiasts alike.

Italy on a Plate: Travels, Memories, Menus is a debut cookbook by Susan Gravely, Founder and Creative Director of VIETRI. The book celebrates her 40 years of love for Italy, its beauty, style, art, and of course, its food. With recipes shared by her Italian friends, Gravely takes the reader on a culinary tour of Italy's flavors that will leave you wanting more. The book offers a glimpse into Italian culture and tradition, making it a perfect addition to any food lover's collection.

Eat Drink Nap: Bringing the House Home is a sumptuous book that shares the secrets of Soho House's way of doing things, from cooking to decoration. Packed with recipes and design tips, this book shows how to recreate the style of the world's leading private club in one's home. With a foreword from founder Nick Jones and newly commissioned photography, this book is perfect for those looking for inspiration for interior design, party hosting or catering. Overall, this book is a fascinating look behind the closed doors of this celebrated private member's club and a must-have for anyone who wants to live stylishly and contemporary.

The Kevin Zraly Windows on the World Complete Wine Course: Revised & Updated / 35th Edition is a fantastic guide for anyone who wants to learn more about wine. Written by James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Kevin Zraly, this book has sold over three million copies and is an essential tool for discovering and enjoying the perfect wines for you. It covers everything from grape varieties to winemaking techniques, different types and styles of wine, how to read a wine label, and how to evaluate a wine in just 60 seconds. With new chapters on Prosecco, Rosé, and the wines of Sicily, plus a fascinating chapter on how wine and food culture has changed since 1970, this book is a must-have for any wine lover.

The "Fancy Af Cocktails" book by Ariana Madix and Tom Sandoval is a must-have for fans of the Bravo reality show Vanderpump Rules. The book features a variety of cocktails, ranging from classy drinks for special occasions to trashier recipes for impromptu gatherings. It also includes shots and recovery recipes for those wild nights. The book is complete with brand-new photos and behind-the-scenes stories that make it a unique read. Overall, this cocktail book is a fun addition to any home bar and a great gift for fans of the show.

The Champagne [Boxed Book & Map Set] by Peter Liem is an essential guide for anyone interested in the modern wines of Champagne. The book provides extensive profiles of growers and vintners, along with a fascinating history of the region. The luxurious box set also includes a complete set of seven vintage vineyard maps, a rare and indispensable resource that beautifully documents the region’s terroirs. The book won several awards, including the 2018 James Beard Foundation Cookbook Award, and is sure to become an essential reference for Champagne lovers and all wine enthusiasts.

The Flavor Matrix: The Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extraordinary Dishes is a revolutionary guide on pairing ingredients by James Briscione, an instructor at a top culinary school. The book presents how science can unlock unheard-of possibilities for combining foods into astonishingly inventive dishes. Briscione distills chemical analyses of different ingredients into easy-to-use infographics and presents mind-blowing recipes. This book is a must-have for home cooks and professional chefs alike. It is a comprehensive flavor-pairing manual that is unique and incredibly creative in the kitchen.