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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 rose in the middle, and then reds in the columns on the right. The rows, running from top to bottom, are organized by quality of flavorfruit 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.

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Publié par	ABRAMS BOOKS
Date de parution	18 avril 2017
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781683350460
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	4 Mo

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You can never take what you love too seriously

The Periodic Table Series
Periodically, we re all geeks about the things we love, and the Periodic Table Series has been created to celebrate this universal fact.
Inspired by the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements * , our experts have applied scientific logic to an eclectic range of subjects that regularly baffle beginners and fire up fans. The outcome of this experiment is the essential guide you hold in your hand.
Geeky? Absolutely.
Hugely satisfying? Categorically.
* The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements orders all the known matter that makes up our world, from hydrogen to helium, by chemical properties and behavior to give scientists a handy overview of a rather complex subject.
Molly,
I love you so much
they haven t even invented the maths yet.
Editor: David Cashion Design Manager: Devin Grosz Production Manager: Kathleen Gaffney
Library of Congress Control Number: 2016946246
ISBN: 978-1-4197-2408-4 eISBN: 978-1-68335-046-0
Copyright Ebury Press 2015 Illustrations Hennie Haworth 2015
Published in 2017 by Abrams Image, an imprint of ABRAMS. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the publisher.
Abrams Image books are available at special discounts when purchased in quantity for premiums and promotions as well as fundraising or educational use. Special editions can also be created to specification. For details, contact specialsales@abramsbooks.com or the address below.

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Contents
The Periodic Table of Wine
Introduction
How the table works
Rare earth elements
How to use this book
Tasting notes
White
Ros
Red
Sparkling
Sweet
Fortified
Further reading
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Welcome to The Periodic Table of Wine. The table has been designed to give a visual overview of how different styles of the world s most popular wines roughly relate to one another. The descriptions later in the book contain more details about the elements of the table.
Dip in and dip out. Use the table practically and get family and friends together to smell and taste wines. Use it as a fun way to gain a deeper understanding of wine attributes, grapes, and regions. See if you agree with the relationships. Where does your wine sit? Open more than one wine at a time by asking your friends to bring a different bottle. Use all your senses-sight, smell, and taste, in that order-to notice the differences. Decide which wine you think has the fuller body, or is the fruitiest. Is it spicy or floral, or does it taste greener like herbs, or like minerals such as stones or chalk? Does your wine sit right in the middle of things? Add a rating to indicate how much you liked each wine you tasted and you could find that a pattern emerges, revealing that your favorite style(s) rest in particular areas of the table.
It is not really surprising that there are so many different wines available, but this can make choosing wine confusing. A little like chefs, winemakers all have their own recipes, numerous processes, and various techniques they use in production, from the way the grapes are grown and picked to every step of winemaking. Different grapes grow in different countries too. On top of this, the soil, climate, the vintage (the year a wine was made), and the age of the vines all affect how the final wine in the bottle looks, smells, and tastes. Sometimes even neighboring vineyards make wines with varying characteristics, and each commands a different price.
Knowing what is behind the name on a label is a big help in understanding what the wine in a particular bottle will taste like. For this reason, the table represents a bringing together of the most common names found on wine labels and relates them by their general characteristics (body, flavors, and aromas): hence the style of the wines. The descriptions contain information to clarify what each name means and should help you know what style of wine to expect. This should remove some of the questions and uncertainty you might have about purchasing an unknown wine while increasing your buying confidence, which should lead you on to some delicious new discoveries. So pop a bottle into your shopping basket and start sipping and discovering.
If you know you already like a certain wine, find it in the table, either directly or via the index. The wines closest to it in the table (above, below, left, or right) are similar but have different styles you may also appreciate.
Remember: Wine is not an exact science, so additional wines to try are also suggested in each description. Some are way more adventurous than others, and you might enjoy researching those as well.
How the table works
Wine elements, at their most basic, can be divided either into grape varieties or appellations ; you ll find that these are the most common way wines are sold around the world. These label names are key pieces of information that point toward what is in the bottle. Thus a label may show the grape variety that was used to make the wine-or varieties, if the bottle contains a blend or mix of more than one grape variety. Look for names like Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and Merlot. Alternatively, the wine might be labeled using a protected name known as an appellation, under which wines from a defined region may be sold (see Old World/New World, this page ).
Not all wines are included, but the wines you are most likely to come across are. While they can influence style, brand names, winemakers, and vintages have not been included in the table, as they cannot always be found locally; plus, they represent an additional layer of detail within or behind a single element or building block of the table-but they can be explored further by delving within an element to reveal this deeper layer of diversity. Perhaps you would like to conduct your own research by tasting for yourself different wines that fall into one element. The elements of the table have been designed as a starting point for the enjoyment and understanding of wine, by giving a broad overview of how the main wines made around the world relate. The graphic representation is a simplified bringing together of a diverse subject to provide a good foundation upon which your wine knowledge can build.
The columns broadly illustrate how wines vary by the weight or the feel in the mouth when you taste them. This is called body. Full body is heavier, giving a weightier feeling on the palate in the form of big, bold flavors, textures, and tannins (especially in red wines). Full-bodied wines can range from rustic to full of finesse or opulent, if you like. A powerful and elegant wine is a sign of quality, especially if it is also described as having complexity, meaning lots of layers of lingering flavors. Wines that tend to be full-bodied are placed in the outside columns of the table. They are a good match for flavorful dishes. The wines toward the center of the table are lighter-bodied and more delicate on the palate-useful when looking for a neutral-tasting, refreshing drink. This subtler style is popular as an aperitif in hotter weather or sipped on its own, and it pairs well with lighter cuisine because neither overpowers the other.
The rows in the table give an indication of the general types of flavors you might encounter in a wine. With practice (smelling and tasting), especially comparing different wines at the same time, distinguishing these attributes becomes easier. To begin with, focus on identifying whether a wine is young or fruity; only later should you try to identify the types of fruit you can taste. The more you practice, the better you ll get at identifying the various characteristics. When you start out, just remember that very few wines actually taste like grapes. Instead, you might spot flowers in your first wine, which places it more in the table s middle rows. Other aromas and flavors, such as herbs or minerals, would put a wine near the bottom of the table. Some wines have many of these traits, so could justifiably find themselves in a different row; however, they have been placed closer to their more usual features.
Always bear in mind that taste and smell are personal. We all taste and smell differently, so there is no right answer. You may find that you prefer one brand or winemaker over another, or that you prefer a particular wine due to the type of food you enjoy or the occasions when wine is drunk. It is OK to have these differences of opinion and create your own table. Some people are more inclined to taste bitter hints and might prefer softer, sweeter wines, whereas others might be better at tasting floral notes instead, so they would find these same wines too sweet. Likewise, wines taste different with and without food, so there is plenty of scope for experimentation here. Usually wines are drunk with food, so why not test out which wine you think is best with what you are eating? With a really good match, both the food and the wine should taste better.
Maybe you ve already tasted wines from significant appellations: those defined winemaking regions that are usually controlled by strict local rules concerning the wines made within them. The labels will have names like Bordeaux, which is a French wine appellation; Rioja from Spain; or Chianti, which is from Italy. These popular and well-known places or regions give their names to admired wines that are often blends of more than one grape variety (but not always: Chablis is an appellation that allows only white wines made from 100 percent Chardonnay grapes to bear its name). The rules in each appellation govern, among other things, the variety of grape(s) that can be used in the wines that c