Winemaking: From Grape Growing to Marketplace

Winemaking is an excellent resource for anyone making wine or seriously considering it. Beginning with the history of vines and wines, the book covers the growing of grapes, the process of making wine, specific types of wine, issues in marketing, and practical guidance on getting started, constructing a winery, and compliance with the law. Several appendices provide equipment sources, analytical procedures, scientific data, and a glossary. An accessible quick reference on enology, the new edition will include new information on marketing wines and on the use of computers in viticulture and winemaking.

A thorough treatment of wine grapes and their history, cultivation, varieties (both species and cultivars used for viticulture), microbiology, enology (winemaking), classification, winery design, requirements and restrictions, and getting started in wine making. Detailed treatment is then given to white table wines, red table wines, blush table wines, and fruit and berry wines. Finally, marketing is addressed, from market research to industry networking and setting up the retail shop. Appendices list resources and details on the various analytic procedures. Includes a glossary. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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The aptly named Vine, along with Purdue University colleague Harkness and members of the Indiana Wine Grape Council, presents a practical guide for relevant academic and industry personnel to all facets of viticulture (grape growing), enology (winemaking), and marketing of the products of this magical transmutation. Beyond a brief history of wine in America, they offer information regarding wine classifications, winery design, analytical procedures involved in wine microbiology, equipment sources, sales promotion, a glossary, tables and charts<-->everything but samples and a course on wine appreciation. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.