Periodic Table meets wine

The periodic table goes well with many things, including, apparently, wine.

This month's issue of Wired (with plenty of fodder for blogging and articles, so more to come) includes a nugget of glorious information - Washington state vintner Substance has labels inspired by the periodic table. I know. Awesome.

The picture in the mag was of the 2007 Syrah (label: Sy), so of course I had to check out the site, winesofsubstance.com (symbol: Su) to see what else these enological wizards offered. Not gonna lie, my eyes were as big as saucers - little tiles of chemical-like symbols pop onto a grid, organized by red/white and by region of the world. They won the coolest wine label award from Seattle Magazine in April 2008, and I can see why.

I am not a shill for these ingenious folks, unlike Hank and his big tobacco friends, as I have never tried this wine. But you can bet I am going to order some post-haste!