Unlike any other wine book, Wine Drinking for Inspired Thinking: Uncork Your Creative Juices introduces a “whole brain” creative approach to wine appreciation.

In a delightful step-by-step fashion Gelb guides readers to express their experience of wine in poetic terms. He shows how to do this in a way that makes it easy and fun to share this exploration with family and friends or more formally as an organizational team-building exercise.

Gelb shows how the love of wine inspired the Ancient Greeks, Renaissance Masters and America’s Founding Fathers as he guides you to become part of this enlightened wave of culture. And he illuminates the greatest wine-inspired art, architecture and music.

The book also provides a clear introduction to all the basics of “left hemisphere” practical wine knowledge, including:

A confidence-building, user-friendly guide to wine etiquette.
Savvy advice on how to purchase fine wines at great prices
The WINO Principles: Essential things to remember when matching food and wine.
The 7 Wine and Food Pairings You Must Experience Before You Die.
Gelb’s hilarious “Wine Geek Jargon Guide” and his thoughtful review of the most useful resources for wine lovers help to make this a powerful consumer guide as well as an unequivocally unique creative approach to wine enjoyment.

This book offers an ideal introduction for novices, and aficionados will discover a new twist to appreciation and enjoyment. All readers will find a wonderful way to bring people together in an inspiring fashion.

About the Author:

Michael J. Gelb is the author of 11 books on creativity and innovation including the international bestseller, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinci. Gelb is also a passionate connoisseur of fine wine and food, and has been featured in the Wine Spectator, The Wine Enthusiast, and in the wine column of the Washington Post. An organizational consultant since 1979, Gelb leads the highly acclaimed “Wine-drinking for Inspired-Thinking” programs for global clients including BP, Merck, Microsoft, Nike, and many other groups.