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Full Description
"Viticulture" is an introduction to the
professional world of growing grapes for wine production and is aimed at students
in the wine trade, those studying for the WSET Diploma or Master of Wine
candidates. It is also aimed at anybody considering
owning or planting a vineyard who wants a basic primer to the subject. It
is written in an easy-to-read style, arranged in fourteen relatively short
chapters and illustrated with over 100 photographs and charts. It covers every
aspect of viticulture, starting with a chapter on vine physiology, continuing
via varieties and rootstocks, vineyard establishment, and the annual cycle in
the vineyard and ending with pests, diseases and vine nutrition. The book is
all you need to know about grapegrowing in 175 pages. Since it was first
published in 2007 has sold over 25,000 copies all around the world and has been
translated into Japanese and Chinese. The 3rd Edition, published in 2026,
has been updated to take account of modern developments in vine growing with
sections on regenerative viticulture, sustainable agriculture and modern PIWI
hybrids.
Contents
Chapter 1 - The grapevine
Chapter 2 - Vine varieties, clones, new varieties and vine
production
Chapter 3 - Site selection
Chapter 4 - Grapegrowing regions of the world
Chapter 5 - Soils for vineyards
Chapter 6 - Vineyard establishment
Chapter 7 - Trellising, training and pruning
Chapter 8 - The annual cycle of the vine
Chapter 9 - Irrigation
Chapter 10 - Organic and Biodynamic viticulture
Chapter 11 - Diseases and viruses of grapevines, including
trunk diseases
Chapter 12 - Pests of grapevines
Chapter 13 - Phylloxera and rootstocks
Chapter 14 - Nutritional disorders and other viticultural
problems
