Download or read book Successful Grape Growing for Eating and Wine making written by Alan Rowe and published by Groundnut. This book was released on 2006 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a handbook resulting from more than 30 years experience of vine growing. It is a very practical guide for selecting varieties for the table, for wine and for decoration. It describes logical routes to successful viticulture and viniculture whether outdoors, indoors on walls or in pots. More than 100 varieties are described and assessed for their suitability for home-growing including newer low and no-spray hybrids, which are suitable for organic culture. There are chapters on husbandry, preparing and keeping grapes for the table, the making of still and sparkling wines, juicing, verjuice and vinegar making. This, the 3rd edition, is completely updated and includes experience with seedless varieties of which 14 are described and assessed. Well illustrated with 52 colour photographs and many line drawings, this book is a comprehensive guide for anyone wishing to grow grapes or...simply to learn more about them.
Download or read book Growing Grapes in Texas written by Jim Kamas and published by Texas A&m Agrilife Research an. This book was released on 2014 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete and approachable manual on grape growing in Texas. Identifies the state's current grape growing regions and covers everything the commercial or home producer needs to know in order to have a successful vineyard.
Download or read book Successful Grape Growing for Eating and Wine Making written by Alan Rowe and published by . This book was released on 1998-12 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resulting from more than 25 years experience of vine growing in Suffolk, this book gives practical guidance for selecting varieties for the table, for wine and for garden decoration and describes logical routes to successful viticulture and viniculture whether outdoors, under glass, on walls or in pots. More than 70 varieties are described and assessed for their suitability for home-growing.
Download or read book The Grape Grower written by Lon Rombough and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2002 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows grape growers how to incorporate organic methods.
Download or read book From Vines to Wines 5th Edition written by Jeff Cox and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From planting vines to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox covers every aspect of growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine. Fully illustrated instructions show you how to choose and prepare a vineyard site; build trellising systems; select, plant, prune, and harvest the right grapes for your climate; press, ferment, and bottle wine; and judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, and taste. With information on making sparkling wines, ice wines, port-style wines, and more, this comprehensive guide is an essential resource for every winemaker.
Download or read book From Vines to Wines written by Jeff Cox and published by Storey Publishing. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tells how to select, plant, cultivate, train, prune, protect and harvest grapes, and explains each step in making wine
Download or read book From Vines to Wines 5th Edition written by Jeff Cox and published by Storey Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2015-03-18 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From planting vines to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox covers every aspect of growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine. Fully illustrated instructions show you how to choose and prepare a vineyard site; build trellising systems; select, plant, prune, and harvest the right grapes for your climate; press, ferment, and bottle wine; and judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, and taste. With information on making sparkling wines, ice wines, port-style wines, and more, this comprehensive guide is an essential resource for every winemaker.
Download or read book Northern Winework written by Thomas A. Plocher and published by Wine Appreciation Guild. This book was released on 2009-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. The new and updated material in this edition include enhancing winter survival, evaluating your regional climate for grape growing, selecting a good vineyard site, retraining winter-injured vines, protecting vines from spring-frost injury, matching varieties with climate constraints, applying the lessons of warm winemaking to cold-weather grapes, equipping and stocking a home winery, recognizing spoilage problems and applying remedies, selecting yeast strains for specific wine styles, and blending methodology for cold-weather varieties. A revised and expanded appendix of cold weather grape varieties, organized by categories of relative hardiness, is also included.
Download or read book American Grape Growing and Wine Making written by George Husmann and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Grape Growing written by Robert J. Weaver and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1976-11-19 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everything you ever wanted to know about growing grapes The growing of grapes has a long and rich history. Whether grown to produce wine, table grapes, or raisins, this tiny fruit has been a staple since nearly the dawn of civilization. This comprehensive guide includes everything you need to grow grapes, from a history and classification of grapes to cement your knowledge to specific items of interest like vine improvement, site selection, mineral nutrition, watering, vine management, and hazards to avoid.
Download or read book Grape Growing in Missouri written by Harold Gordon Swartwout and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Grape Grower written by Lon Rombough and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2002-12-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Grapes are the most popular and widely grown fruit in the world. From the tropics to Alaska, grapes will grow successfully in almost every climate. Whether you raise them for fresh eating, or for making wine, juice, or jellies and preserves, the right grapes will reward you with abundant crops for a modest investment of time and effort. Now for the first time comes a book for grape growers who wish to use organic growing methods to raise healthy, thriving vineyards in the backyard or on a small commercial scale. The Grape Grower distills the broad knowledge and long-time personal experience of Lon Rombough, one of North America's foremost authorities on viticulture. From finding and preparing the right site for your vineyard to training, trellising, and pruning vines to growing new grapes from seeds and cuttings, The Grape Grower offers thorough and accessible information on all the basics. The chapters on grape species, varieties, and hybrids are alone worth the price of a college course in viticulture. Technical information on the major (and minor) insect pests and diseases that affect grapes, as well as their organic controls, makes this book an invaluable reference that readers will turn to again and again. Rombaugh also provides a wealth of information on hardy but little-known grapes that are native to North America, and on a wide range of topics, including: pruning neglected or overgrown vines growing grapes on arbors and in greenhouses controlling animal pests in the vineyard bunch grapes and muscadine grapes for the South winter protection, and how to increase the hardiness of grapes creating your own new varieties
Download or read book The Organic Backyard Vineyard written by Tom Powers and published by Timber Press. This book was released on 2012-06-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in wine shows no signs of slowing down—wine tours, tastings, and vacations are now common and homeowners often have space dedicated to their collection. The logical next step? Learning to grow and make your own. In The Organic Backyard Vineyard expert Tom Powers walks the small grower through the entire process of growing grapes, with a month-by-month maintenance guide covering all regions of the U.S. and Canada. 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 peak flavor, and how to store grapes for winemaking.This edition includes organic growing information and all new photography.
Download or read book The Cultivation of American Grape Vines and Making of Wine written by Alden Jermain Spooner and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "After a short history of the unsuccessful attempts to grow foreign vines, the author describes the origin of and his personal experience with the native Isabella. His vineyard was in Brooklyn, N.Y., where the Isabella had been cultivated as early as 1816. For half a century this was the grape of choice in the Eastern States, eventually giving way to the Concord. Spooner gives a description of other useful native grapes and an informative summary of grape growing in vineyards from Nantucket Island to North Carolina"--Gabler.
Download or read book American Grape Growing and Wine Making written by George Husmann and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special re-print edition of George Husmann's book "American Grape Growing and Wine Making" is a complete guide to growing wine grapes and making wine. Written in 1880, this classic text provides insight into how to grapes are grown for wine making purposes as well as how wine is made. Chapters include Classification of Grapes, Propogation of the Vine by seeds, Propogation of Grapes by cuttings, Propogation by Layers, Grafting the Vines, Preparing the Soil For Grapes, What Grapes to Plant - Some Varieties, Planting the Vines, Training the Vines, Diseases of Grapes, Insect Pests, Wine Making and more. An interesting read for those interested in wine making and vineyards. Note: This edition is a perfect facsimile of the original edition and is not set in a modern typeface. As a result, some type characters and images might suffer from slight imperfections or minor shadows in the page background.
Download or read book Special Report written by United States. Dept. of Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Viticulture Second Edition written by Stephen Skelton MW and published by Dragon Seed Publishing. This book was released on 2019-06-12 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Viticulture is an introduction to the professional world of growing grapes for wine production and is aimed at the serious student in the wine trade, WSET Diploma student or Master of Wine candidate.It is also aimed at anybody considering owning or planting a vineyard who wants a basic primer on the subject. It is written in an easy-to-read style, arranged in fourteen relatively short chapters and illustrated with 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. Viticulture is all you need to know about grape growing. Since it was first published in 2007 it has sold more than 10,000 copies all around the world. This second edition, published in 2019 as a book and in 2020 as an ebook, has been updated to take account of modern developments in vine growing.
