The Periodic Table of Wine ■ ■ BY S A R A H R O W L A N D S

S E LLING POINTS ■■ Leading global drinks trade publication The Drinks Business named the 2015 UK edition of

Inspired by the Periodic Table of Elements, a clever new approach to learning about wine

the book one of the top 10 wine books of the year ■■ Nicely priced and smartly designed, the book is an easy gift or impulse item

S PECIFICATIONS 160 pages, 5 × 7¾" Hardcover RIGHTS: NORTH AMERICA PUB MONTH: APRIL FOOD & DRINK ISBN 978-1-4197-2408-4 ISBN 978-1-4197-2408-4 US $15.95  CAN $19.95 51595 9 781419 724084

ISBN 978-1-68335-046-0

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he 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 rosé in the

6-copy combo counter display ISBN 978-1-4197-2611-8 ISBN 978-1-4197-2611-8 US $95.70  CAN $119.70 59570 9 781419 726118

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 book also offers substantial descriptions of the 127 “elements,” or wines, each of which includes a full background and, frequently, food pairings. The book will be published with a companion volume, The Periodic Table of Cocktails. Sarah Rowlands trained at Leiths School of Food and Wine, the renowned cooking school in London. She hosts wine tastings, works at wine fairs, and acts as an associate judge for the International Wine & Spirits Competition and as an examiner for the Wine & Spirit Education Trust.

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