The Periodic Table of Wine

by Sarah Rowlands

Book Overview

Wine connoisseur Sarah Rowlands's The Periodic Table of Wine is a fun, concise, and appealingly geeky new concept to wine appreciation.

The foundation of the book is a periodic table designed to give a visual overview of how different styles of the world's wines relate to one another. Beginning with white wines in columns on the left, the table then highlights ros in the middle, and then reds in the columns on the right. The rows, running from top to bottom, are organized by quality of flavor--fruit and spice, green and mineral, sweet, etc. If you like one "element" or wine type in the table, you can discover other examples situated around it you might also enjoy.

The Periodic Table of Wine also offers substantial descriptions of the 127 "elements," or wines, each of which includes a full background and, frequently, food pairings.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1419724088
• ISBN13: 9781419724084
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: Abrams Image
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Thorough but not entirely accurate

Great book for introducing you to flavor profiles of wines and a comparison to similar wines of that style, complexity, and balance. However, true wine enthusiasts will see the errors in selection of the differences between medium body reds and full body reds. Some white designations are wrong as well. But for a starter book to give you ideas on food pairings, this is a good find.