Viticulture: An introduction to commercial grape growing for wine production, 2nd Edition
Viticulture: An introduction to commercial grape growing for wine production, 2nd Edition by Stephen Skelton
English | November 19, 2019 | ISBN: 0993123554 | EPUB | 179 pages | 8.8 MB
English | November 19, 2019 | ISBN: 0993123554 | EPUB | 179 pages | 8.8 MB
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 root stocks, 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.