Viticulture & Winery Technology: Reference Resources

Inspired by Jules Verne's classic adventure tale, celebrated editor-in-chief of The Wine Economist Mike Veseth takes his readers Around the World in Eighty Wines. Every glass of wine tells a story, and so each of the eighty wines must tell an important tale.

Everything you could possibly want to know about wine, in one fully up-to-date A-Z volume! The Oxford Companion to Wine is a uniquely comprehensive and in-depth A-Z reference book on every aspect of wine: more than 4,000 entries covering topics from history through geography, geology, soil science, viticulture, winemaking, packaging, academia, technology, and regulations to people and places, tasting, writing, and the language of wine.

Brings together a newly comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of contemporary research and thinking on how wine fits into the cultural frameworks of production, intermediation and consumption.

Among the extensive topics are fermentation, skin contact, acid balance, phenolics, bottling, quality control, proper maturation, soil and climate, bunch health, vineyard disease states, grape varieties, harvest, vineyard management, crushing and skin contact, must correction, temperature control, and wine technology.

In the much anticipated 3rd edition of Grape Pest Management, more than 70 research scientists, cooperative extension advisors and specialists, growers, and pest control advisers have consolidated the latest scientific studies and research into one handy reference.

Includes information on organic soil management, the roles of compost and cover crops, and a calendar of recommended practices for year-round soil fertility management.

Provides basic information on soil properties and behavior in the context of site selection for new vineyards and on the demands placed on soils for grape growth and production of wines.

Covers the differences between flaws and faults, how flavors develop, how taste works, and how it differs from smell in the evaluation of wine.

Discussion of the 36 major wine grape varieties grown in California. Every variety receives an overview of synonyms, source, physical characteristics, harvest periods and methods, and winery use. Each variety is highlighted by close-up photography of its clusters, leaves, and leaf shoots.