A comprehensive guide to growing vines in English conditions and making wines from the grapes produced. It covers all aspects of the hobby, including: growing; vine varieties; site, soil and spacing; pests and maladies; propagation; vintage; fermentation; stabilization; bottling; and storing.
Tells how to select, plant, cultivate, train, prune, protect and harvest grapes, and explains each step in making wine
Take It from Grape to Glass In this classic guide to winemaking, Jeff Cox walks you through the entire process, from selecting the vines and growing the grapes to fermenting and bottling -- and finally, tasting -- your wine.
If you look at wine making practices, which are being practiced today, it is a very scary and complicated process. This is because of our usage of complex and complicated tools.
Cox takes the home winemaker through the entire process, from evaluating the site and choosing the best grape species, to vineyard care, bottling, supplies, and troubleshooting.
He explains everything a beginning grape grower needs to know: how to design and build a vineyard, how to select grapes for each region, how to maximize yield using organic maintenance techniques, how to build a trellis, how to harvest at ...
In this captivating guide, you will embark on a delightful journey into the world of viticulture and winemaking, right in the comfort of your own garden.
This is an enthusiast's guide to growing vines in a small garden, in any temperate climate, which can yield fruit for making delicious, healthy and additive-free wine or grape juice, as well as contributing foliage and colour to walls, ...
First published in 2002, this new edition to the standard guidebook for viniculturalists of frigid, northern climates, details the technical leaps of the last six years in growing and making quality cold-weather wines.
"A complete guide to understanding, buying, and appreciating the world's fine wines"--Jacket.
The book is written in a nontechnical format designed to be practical and well-suited for vineyard applications."--Back cover