Comments on: Poll: judge these books by their covers!

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By: Duarte Da Silva

Duarte Da Silva — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 17:52:57 +0000

One of the best graphic covers for a wine book I’ve bought is Wine Science by Jamie Goode(http://www.amazon.com/Wine-Science-Mitchell-Beazley-Drink/dp/1840009683); the Mitchell Beazley edition not the University of California Press edition whos cover is disappointing.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:03:15 +0000

Judging books by the cover:

worth a look:
To cork or not to cork – A well done twist on a standard theme, curious
First big crush – retro guidebook hippy funk, stands out
The classic winemakers of CA – elegant graphics, probably the best looking
World Atlas of Wine – beautiful green, nice abstraction/realism balance

pass it by:
Questions of taste – Questions of stock photography
Wine & Philosophy – Philosophy is a tough word for book sales and not helped by a dull cover
House of Mondavi – exactly as expected
The Red Wine Diet – graphic garbage – couldn’t the stock photographer find a better glass? Do not pass go, go directly to Walmart

By: JB

JB — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:43:24 +0000

I actually think all of these fall into the “expected” when it comes to wine graphics. Would have been nice to see something a little bit more modern and less conventional. While FIRST BIG CRUSH at least goes for something illustrative rather than the stock photos of vineyards or corks, it’s a pretty uninspired looking drawing. Oh well.

By: Richard Henshaw

Richard Henshaw — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 16:59:16 +0000

For overall design and mass commercial appeal THE RED WINE DIET wins for me (but really, isn’t it more of a diet book?) followed fairly closely by THE WORLD ATLAS OF WINE and THE HOUSE OF MONDAVI. FIRST BIG CRUSH is my least favorite cover (although it seems like they were going for a resonance with SIDEWAYS). That’s a shame really because after visiting the author’s website it sounds like a really fun read. In the end, though, these all (with the possible exception of the two seemingly competitive books that explore wine and philosophy of which my nod goes to the Allhoff book)target a fairly specific wine geek niche so I bet content will trump design as far as sales decisions go with the possible exception of some gift purchases.