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An updated edition of the classic guide to the wines of the world—and how they are made.
Wine from Grape to Glass is the essential guidebook for wine lovers who want to understand how their favourite wines are grown, how they are produced, and how best to savour them. The first half of the book is devoted to the process of wine making and wine appreciation. The mysteries of the vineyard and terroir, the grape harvest, fermentation, and aging are all explained in full, as are the intricacies of serving, tasting, and storing wine. The second half of the book examines the best wines of the world, country by country, in a level of detail that is satisfying without being overwhelming. More than one thousand colour illustrations, including numerous maps, make this a visual as well as a textual guide.
This fifth edition of Wine from Grape to Glass is revised and updated throughout. It includes the latest information on varietals and wine making regions around the globe, as well as new sections on subjects like the world's most coveted wines and how to interpret today's wine labels.
Contents
PREFACE 7
TWENTY QUESTIONS
ABOUT WINE . 10
TASTING WINE
The Aromas of Wine . 16
The Color of Wine 18
The Physiology of Taste and Smell 20
ENJOYING WINE 23
Glasses . 24
Corkscrews . 26
Wine Accessories . 28
Serving Wine 30
Correct Pouring 32
Drinking Temperature 34
Wine Faults 36
The Cork 38
Alternative Stoppers 40
Storage . 42
Wines That Made History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Icons 46
Food and Wine . 48
Wine and Cheese . 50
Wine Laws 52
Wine and Health 54
THE GRAPEVINE 59
The History of the Vine . 60
The Global Vineyard Belt . 64
The Morphology of the Vine . 66
Bunch and Berry 68
The Macroclimate 70
The Mesoclimate . 72
The Soil 74
WINEGROWING 77
Planting . 78
Training the Vines 80
Cultivation and Fertilization . 82
Quality versus Quantity 84
The Growing Cycle and Diseases of the
Grapevine . 86
The Vegetative Phase 88
Ripening and Pruning . 90
Organic Wines . 92
Must Weight . 94
Acidity 96
Stages of Ripeness . 98
The Harvest 100
Noble Rot 102
GRAPE VARIETIES 105
The Red Varieties 106
The White Varieties . 116
WINEMAKING 127
Vinification . 128
Wine Yeasts 130
Maceration 132
Tannins 134
Malolactic Fermentation 136
Rosé 138
Making White Wine . 140
Natural Wines . 142
Clarification 144
White Wine Fermentation . 146
Barrel Fermentation . 148
Maturation 150
Fining and Filtration 152
Sulfurization 154
Coopering . 156
Oak 158
Artificially Wooded Wine 159
SHERRY, AND OTHER
SPECIALTY WINES . . . . 161
Champagne . 162
Sparkling Wines 166
Port 168
Madeira 170
Sherry . 172
THE WINES OF
THE WORLD 175
FRANCE 176
Champagne . 180
The Loire . 181
Alsace, Jura, Beaujolais 182
Chablis, Côte Chalonnaise, Mâconnais 183
Burgundy 184
The Northern Rhône 188
The Southern Rhône 189
Bordeaux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
The Southwest, Languedoc, Rousillon . 196
Provence . 197
ITALY . 198
Piedmont 202
Franciacorta, South Tyrol, Trentino,
Valpolicella . 204
Prosecco, Friuli 205
Tuscany 206
Umbria 210
Southern Italy . 212
SPAIN 214
Somontano, Costers del Segre, Priorato 217
Navarra, Rioja, Bierzo, Rías Baixas 218
Ribera del Duero, Rueda, Toro, La Mancha 220
PORTUGAL 222
GERMANY 226
Palatinate, Nahe, Rhine-Hesse 230
Rheingau, Mittelrhein, Ahr 232
Mosel 234
Baden, Hessische Bergstraße . . . . . . . . . . . .236
Württemberg 238
Franconia, Saale-Unstrut, Saxony 240
AUSTRIA 242
Traisental, Wachau, Kremstal, Kamptal,
Wagram 244
Neusiedlersee, Burgenland 246
Vienna, Weinviertel, Thermenregion,
Carnuntum, Styria 248
SWITZERLAND 250
LUXEMBOURG . . 252
ENGLAND 253
CZECH REPUBLIC 254
SLOVAKIA 255
BULGARIA . 256
ROMANIA . 258
HUNGARY 260
SLOVENIA 262
CROATIA 263
SOUTHEAST EUROPE 264
Serbia, Kosovo, Montenegro, Bosnia, North
Macedonia, Albania
MOLDOVA 266
CYPRUS 267
GREECE . 268
GEORGIA, ARMENIA 272
LEBANON, ISRAEL . 274
NORTH AMERICA 276
California 278
Oregon 286
Washington State 287
Canada 288
SOUTH AMERICA 290
Chile 292
Argentina 296
Brazil 298
Uruguay 299
SOUTH AFRICA 300
Coastal Region, Breede River Valley, Cape
South Coast
AUSTRALIA . 304
Western Australia 305
Southern Australia 306
New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania 308
NEW ZEALAND 310
South Island, North Island
CHINA 314
JAPAN 315
GLOSSARY 316
INDEX . 318
PHOTOGRAPHY CREDITS . . . . . . . 324
