Welcome! This guide will provide you with recommendations for print and electronic resources on viticulture and wine technology and how to find more. This page has a few key highlights of those resources; more are listed by type under the tabs at the top. If you would like assistance from a librarian, please reach out to us using one of the methods under the "Contact the Library" tab.
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An online dictionary that is fully searchable, The Oxford Companion to Wine, 5th Ed. is an invaluable resource for looking up definitions on topics in viticulture and wine technology.
"The Instant Sommelier" consists of eight lectures by Napa Valley College Professor Paul Wagner on choosing, drinking, and enjoying wine. Requires a library card to watch.
Crushed: How a Changing Climate Is Altering the Way We Drink
By Brian Freedman
Print Book
The Judgment of Paris: California Vs. France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine
By George M. Taber
Print Book
The Chemistry of Wine: From Blossom to Beverage and Beyond
By David R. Dalton
eBook
A History of Wine in America, Volume 2: From Prohibition to the Present
By Thomas Pinney
eBook
Message in the Bottle: A Guide to Wine Tasting
By Tim Gaiser
Print Book
Around the World in Eighty Wines: Exploring Wine One Country at a Time
By Mike Veseth
eBook
Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California
By Frances Dinkelspiel
Print Book