How to choose a delicious wine

Hamburgers, croquettes, katsudon, stir-fried pork with kimchi, shumai - What wine makes your usual dinner delicious? A sommelier and math teacher author combines 20 wines with 50 dishes to select the best matches!

Furthermore, each wine's characteristics are expressed and illustrated as "people." White wine is portrayed as male, red wine as female. The crisp "acidity" is likened to a crisp "facial expression," while "minerality" is linked to the "formality of clothing" ... If wines were people, they would be this easy to understand!

Asuka Sugiyama

Born in Tokyo, raised in Karatsu. Holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and is a sommelier. As a mathematics instructor at a prestigious preparatory school, she mainly teaches classes for entering the University of Tokyo or medical school. She also leads sommelier certification exam preparation courses at the wine school "ASUKA L’ecole du Vin." Actively involved in wine-related work such as importing Champagne wines and producing restaurants. Author of "Wine Class: French Edition" (East Press) and "Sommelier Exam Preparation Course Taught by Exam Professionals" (Little More).