Get in touch with your inner sake sommelier

​If tongue-twisting terms like junmai, ginjo and daiginjo are keeping you from enjoying sake more often, here's a tasty opportunity to expand your beverage repertoire.

Tomorrow evening, certified sake specialist Melissa Surdyk takes you through the basics of sake from its production history to food pairing in a class titled Sake: An Introduction. If you think sake only goes with Japanese food, you'll be happily surprised by its versatility.

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Surdyk's big fall sale: Here are in-store tastings and 10 recommendations on what to buy

​When you pull into the Surdyk's lot on a Saturday afternoon during it's big sale, you'd think you were trying to find a parking spot in downtown New York. There's a reason for that: Surdyk's offers not only great deals on wine but an array of free tastings, especially on Fridays and Saturdays.

Here is a schedule of tastings you won't want to miss, plus recommendations on great bottles to buy.

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