Chemical physical and sensory methods for analysing grapes and wine

This essential text and reference offers a complete guide to fruit wines. It will prove to be invaluable for all winemakers, from the amateur to the commercial producer. Written with attention to detail and a passion for fruit wine, this book goes through the considerations for setting up a winery to the production process, designing a fruit wine recipe to suit any wine style, analysis, stability issues, packaging, marketing and sales. Covered in the book: - Detailed Overview of Fruit Wine Industry - Anatomy of Winemaking Fruits - Winemaking Techniques and Production - Laboratory Analysis and Evaluation - Award Winning Recipes - Tasting, Judging and the fine art of Balance - Manage the Business, Cost and Finance Data - Marketing, Sales and Industry Know-how - Complete List of Buyers and Importers - Plus a lot more...

The purpose of this book is to present procedures and guidelines for chemical analysis and tests of grapes, grape juice and wine, with the results acting as a tool to aid decision making throughout the winemaking process.

Emphasizing effective, state-of-the art methodology and written by recognized experts in the field, the Handbook of Food Analytical Chemistry is an indispensable reference for food scientists and technologists to enable successful analysis. * Provides detailed reports on experimental procedures * Includes sections on background theory and troubleshooting * Emphasizes effective, state-of-the art methodology, written by recognized experts in the field * Includes detailed instructions with annotated advisory comments, key references with annotation, time considerations and anticipated results

In Postmodern Winemaking, Clark Smith shares the extensive knowledge he has accumulated in engaging, humorous, and erudite essays that convey a new vision of the winemaker's craft--one that credits the crucial roles played by both science and art in the winemaking process. Smith, a leading innovator in red wine production techniques, explains how traditional enological education has led many winemakers astray--enabling them to create competent, consistent wines while putting exceptional wines of structure and mystery beyond their grasp. Great wines, he claims, demand a personal and creative engagement with many elements of the process. His lively exploration of the facets of postmodern winemaking, together with profiles of some of its practitioners, is both entertaining and enlightening.