Try this with that

Dinner can get boring when your food goes steady with a single type of wine. Happily, tasting menus and wine pairings will turn your palate into a swinger.

La Terza

La Terza, clean, white and elegant with high ceilings and plenty of windows, offers a seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings nightly. Sommelier Gino Rindone likes to start off with a refreshing Prosecco and finish with a Cabernet. Look for sumptuous pork belly or rack of lamb and a cheese sampler on the menu.

* Seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings, $105. 8384 W. 3rd St., L.A., (323) 782-8384.

Wilshire

While its polished wood and exposed brick lend Wilshire a cozy atmosphere, its four-course tasting menu made with sustainable, organic California ingredients gives it a conscience, and its wine pairings picked by sommelier Matt Straus spice it with class. Beet salad, duck confit and salmon with heirloom tomatoes have made appearances.

* Four-course tasting menu with wine pairings, $75. 2454 Wilshire Blvd., Santa Monica, (310) 586-1707.

Il Grano

Il Grano claims to be one of the first L.A. restaurants to use an Enomatic machine to ensure the perfect pour and guard against oxidation. That’s why if you want a 12-course tasting menu with wine pairings, sommelier Peter Birmingham will gladly oblige.

* Five-course tasting menu with wine pairings, $110. 11359 Santa Monica Blvd. West L.A., (310) 477-7886.

Hatfield’s

Couple out at Hatfield’s, where you and your significant other can enjoy a tandem tasting menu with variations on a theme. You might get cuttlefish with celery-root purée and fresh lime zest while that special someone receives squid salad with summer beans. * Seven-course tasting menu with wine pairings, $122. 7458 Beverly Blvd., L.A., (323) 935-2977.

Dining Room at the Ritz-Carlton Huntington Hotel & Spa

At this grande dame of hotel restaurants you can choose from two tasting menus: the standard five-course or the chef’s blind tasting menu. The latter is tailor-made to your specifications thanks to the careful consideration of sommelier John Ortiz and chef Craig Strong.

* Five-course tasting menu with wine pairings, $150; chef’s -blind tasting menu with wine pairings, $220. 1401 S. Oak Knoll Ave., Pasadena, (626) 568-3900.

-- Jessica Gelt