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From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine

Author: Jeff Cox
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

30 reviews
Sales Rank: 3962

Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5

ISBN: 1580171052
Dewey Decimal Number: 634.8
UPC: 037038001051
EAN: 9781580171052
ASIN: 1580171052

Publication Date: January 3, 1999
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Create you own backyard winery!

From breaking ground to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox's From Vines to Wines is the most complete and up-to-date guide to growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine.

Wine connoisseurs, gardeners, and home winemakers will find the latest techniques in this fully revised and updated edition. With thorough, illustrated instructions, you'll learn how to:

-- Choose and prepare a vineyard site

-- Construct sturdy and effective trellising systems

-- Plant, prune, and harvest the perfect grapes for your climate

-- Press, ferment, age and bottle your own wine

-- Judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, body, and taste

Customer Reviews: Read 25 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Review By Craig Justice, Founder, Blue Merle Vineyard & Winery May 13, 2008
When we were planning our vineyard we needed all the help we could get. From Vines To Wines was one book kept by the bedside for constant reference during the planning and planting stage. (The other book was "Vineyard Simple." The illustrated guide to pruning is exceptionally well done. Now that we've made it through year 1, I find myself going back to the book time and again. I strongly recommend this book to anyone interested in planting a vineyard. Craig Justice, Webmaster of Winemaker's Journal and Founder, Blue Merle Vineyard & Winery

5 out of 5 stars

Especially good for trellising and pruning December 11, 2007
I gave this to my father and he was so excited because it focused a lot on building a good trellis with good illustrations and also good for prunning.
These are two things that lack in other books that i have bought him (and that I am starting to be interested in, too).
Of course the book covers all aspects of the grape and wine making process, but the trellising and prunning in more detail was very welcome.
Recommended on all aspects.

5 out of 5 stars

Great for Home Winemakers or Wine Students November 25, 2007
This is indespensible for home winemakers. Period.

If you are a person engaged in wine studies, this is an essential first look into serious technical winemaking aspects. Before delving into more serious technical manuals such as "Understanding Wine Technology" and "The Science of Wines from Grape to Glass".

Pros: wonderfully written in laymans terms
Cons: drawings sometimes difficult to distinguish

5 out of 5 stars

Complete resource May 26, 2007
We wanted a resource for the wine process from growth to the glass.
Everything you need is in here.

5 out of 5 stars

Almost perfect January 18, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book tells you everything about growing grapes and producing fine wine. It even deals with the choice of grape-varieties suited for your climate. It is almost perfect. I think many Europeans will read this book, and it would have been perfect if it included the Meditteranean countries in the tables of climate-zones and selection of suitable varieties. It is very difficult to find this (about Europe) on the internet. But a great and very useful book.