Elementum Press
Peter J. Ianniello
Peter J. Ianniello created The Periodic Tobacco Tables. The leaf deserved the same careful periodic table of elements that chemistry already had. A vintner by trade, he knows that what ends up in the glass, the wrapper, or the pipe, begins with the soil, the seed and the family that farms it.
He is an author, inventor and entrepreneur, and speaks on leadership, innovation and the human spirit rising to overcome adversity. He founded Mount Felix Vineyard & Winery in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and holds more than 50 U.S. patent filings.
A former NCAA Division I wrestler at Boston University with an MBA from Loyola University Maryland, he was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, and lives in Havre de Grace.
What Elementum Press does
Elementum Press makes reference works in the tradition of the periodic table: every leaf, process, shape and place given its own element, arranged so the whole subject can be seen at once. The Periodic Tobacco Tables cover pipe tobacco, cigars, pipes and the places they come from, with a Blend Finder, a cellar for smokers, a home for the businesses that make and sell them, The Tobacco Report, and Tobacco Agri-tourism. The Periodic Wine Tables are in preparation.
Every claim sourced
Each element on our tables is cited to a published source in a Source Register printed with the poster. Where something has no published rating, we mark it NR rather than guess.
Farmers first
Nothing happens until a farmer commits their soil to grow. We give growers, rollers and makers a place to tell their own stories.
Fair and balanced
We report the health research as it is, risks and benefits alike, and cover cigars and pipes only, never cigarettes or vaping.
Made in Maryland
Designed and published in Havre de Grace, where the Susquehanna meets the Chesapeake, in a state with its own long tobacco history.
Get in touch
For prints, sponsor editions, reseller and business questions, press, or permission to reproduce: info@elementumpress.com
About page version 1.7, October 2026.