THE SOCIETY FIELD LIBRARY
Original guides for the curious drinker and the thoughtful host. Read, print, gather, and return to the page.
Explore the editions
FOUR EDITIONS · FIRST COLLECTION
Digital PDFs. One-time purchases.
Free samples before you choose.
51 PAGES · DIGITAL PDF
Understand sweetness, acidity, texture, body, winemaking, and regional styles. Practice reading labels, choosing wine for meals, serving it well, and recognizing potential faults, with worked comparisons and a printable buying worksheet.
50 PAGES · DIGITAL PDF
Build sensory vocabulary, plan comparison flights, separate preference from identification, and lead useful reveals. Includes an eight-session program, worked scoring and sample calculations, completed records, and printable participant and organizer sheets.
67 PAGES · DIGITAL PDF
Choose from six complete tasting plans with bottle briefs, worked budgets, pour calculations, menus, service schedules, host scripts, substitutions, and fallbacks. Includes preparation guidance, troubleshooting, and printable guest and host cards.
51 PAGES · DIGITAL PDF
Explore archaeological evidence, trade, labor, changing tastes, wine regions, and the technologies that shaped the bottle. Includes a chronology, object studies, worked reading examples, and linked sources.
Practical prompts, original worksheets, and source notes where history or wine education needs context. Each edition uses the Society’s typography and colors, with white worksheet pages for easy printing.
These are independent editorial guides. They are not accredited courses, sommelier certifications, or promises of access to particular wines.
Digital delivery & personal-use terms