The Vintner's Apprentice
An Insider's Guide to the Art and Craft of Wine Making, Taught by the Masters
Published on 1. February 2011
208 pages
978-1-61058-124-0 (ISBN)
Description
An insider tour of vineyards, wineries, cellars, and more! In The Vintner's Apprentice, you get behind-the-scenes access to the wine world's real-life masters of the craft, as well as a guide to the techniques that made them so successful. Benefit from their experience selecting a site, planting a vineyard, harvesting and crushing the grapes, creating blends, and much more.
Inside:
- Insight into every step of the grape's journey to your glass, from planting to fermenting to bottling-and beyond!
- Twelve wine experts share their old-world, classic skills with you through extensive interviews.
Inside:
- Insight into every step of the grape's journey to your glass, from planting to fermenting to bottling-and beyond!
- Twelve wine experts share their old-world, classic skills with you through extensive interviews.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Beverly
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Illustrations
270
ISBN-13
978-1-61058-124-0 (9781610581240)
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Eric Miller
The Vintner's Apprentice
An Insider's Guide to the Art and Craft of Wine Making, Taught by the Masters
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02/2011
Quarry Books
€41.03
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Eric Miller is the owner and winemaker at Chaddsford Winery in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. A lifelong oenophile, Miller learned his craft in France's prestigious Burgundy region and apprenticed at his family's Hudson Valley winery before hand-selecting his own terroir in southeastern Pennsylvania, where he founded Chaddsford Winery in 1982. His wines have been called "enchanting" and "perfect" by Gourmet, and have been featured in Food & Wine, The New York Times, and Philadelphia magazine. Eric has also been a leader in the development of premium viticulture in his home region, both as a board member of the Pennsylvania Commodities Council and past president and long time board member of the Pennsylvania Association of Winegrowers.
Content
- Cover
- Title Page
- Contents
- Foreword By Kevin Zraly, Windows On The World Wine School
- Introduction
- Part I: Planning The Vineyard
- Chapter 1: Selecting A Site
- Chapter 2: Choosing Grape Varieties
- Chapter 3: Planting The Vineyard
- Chapter 4: Vineyard Culture: A Year On The Land
- Chapter 5: It'S Harvest Time!
- Part II: Making Wine
- Chapter 6: On The Crush Pad
- Chapter 7: Fermentation: Grapes Into Wine
- Chapter 8: Cellar Work
- Chapter 9: Creating Blends
- Chapter 10: Barrel Aging
- Chapter 11: The Final Frontier: Bottling
- Chapter 12: In The Laboratory
- Glossary
- Resources
- Photography Credits
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
