Books - Wine and Grapes

1/2 OFF WHILE QUANTITIES LAST! WAS $19.95! Discovering Wine is a refreshingly unfussy beginners guide to tasting, judging, storing, serving, cellaring and most of all, Discovering Wine. Discovering Wine has been hailed by new and experienced wine lovers everywhere as the classic, approachable introduction to the luscious world of wine. In this revised and updated edition, Simon addresses the latest wine trends and provides brand-new information on vintages recently established in countries and continents around the globe. More than 250 full-color photographs, maps, and charts beautifully complement Simon's effervescent approach to the fascinating world of wine, and help to dispel the mystique that so often surrounds the subject. She provides the crucial hints that will help you to become a wine aficionado virtually overnight. You will learn how to Taste and judge wine like an expert, Correctly match food and wine, Follow the newest guidelines for serving and storing your wines, Discern classic wines from those that emulate them, Understand the importance and role of grapes, Know when a particular wine is ready to drink. In addition to demystifying wine, Simon explores famous vineyards and explains how the winemakers use grapes to their most delicious advantage. And after a concise but thorough roundup of today's wine styles, Simon conducts a tour through the wine regions of the world—from Chianti to Coonawarra, from Medoc to Moldova, and everywhere in between. As entertaining as it is informative, Discovering Wine is destined to remain the definitive beginner's guide to wine. JOANNA SIMON, a former editor of Wine magazine and Wine and Spirit International, is the award-winning wine writer of The Sunday Times (London) and a contributor to Style magazine. She was the broadcaster of BBC Radio 4's first series devoted to wine and has made numerous television appearances on wine-related subjects. She divides her time between London and France. 157 pages.

With over 3 million copies sold, this is a popular book for home winemakers. It contains over 130 detailed recipes, and would make a valuable companion to a book on introductory winemaking techniques. Recipes are arranged by the months best suited for their making, so that winemaking can be pursued all year round. (Note: These are UK seasons and would need to be modified for Australia.) An inspiration to all beginners in winemaking. Includes metric, imperial and American measures.

Few pleasures are more gratifying than pouring a glass of fine wine, admiring its clarity and color, savoring its bouquet, raising it to your lips, and knowing that you made it yourself. With this guide to home winemaking, such pleasures can be yours with little fuss and lots of fun. The Home Winemaker's Companion will guide you as you progress from making your very first batch of kit wine to mastering advanced techniques for making wine from fresh grapes. Included are Gene Spaziani's recipes for 115 wines, including port and champagne. Contents include: Getting Started, Essential How-to's, Wine from Kits, Wine from Concentrates, Wine from juices, White Wine from Grapes, Red Wine from Grapes, Wine from Fruit, Sparkling and Fortified Wines.

If you can follow a simple recipe, you can create delectable table wines in your own home. It's fun, it's easy and the results will delightfully complement your favorite meals and provide unparalleled pleasure by the glass when friends come calling. You don't have to recreate Bordeaux in your basement to be a successful home vintner you can make raisin wine and drink it like sherry, or use it to accent your Chinese cooking. Raspberry or apricot wine lend themselves to delicious desserts. And if you are interested in more exotic concoctions, rhubarb champagne is the ultimate treat. The Joy of Home Winemaking is your comprehensive guide to the most up to date techniques and equipment, readily available and affordable wine making ingredients and wine making materials.

This is the same book that is included with our Vintners Best Equipment Kits. Author Robert Cluetts nine step process takes the mystery out of winemaking. Includes a universal wine formula that allows you to create your own unique recipes. 31 pages.

Make Extraordinary Homemade Wines from Everything but Grapes! Exotic wines, honey meads, spicy metheglins, and fruity melomels. There's no end to the great-tasting elixirs you can make using ingredients from your local market and even your own backyard! You'll find easy, step-by-step winemaking instructions plus memorable recipes, including: Apricot Wine, Dry Mead, Marigold Wine, Almond Wine, Cherry Melomel, Cranberry Claret, Pea Pod Wine, Lemon-Thyme Metheglin, Strawberry Wine, Rose Hip Melomel and others. A fun introduction to home winemaking for the first-timer and a wild departure from the ordinary for more experienced winemakers. (Vargas and Gulling) 169 pages

Takes the winemaker through the entire process from growing grapes to making wine. 253 pages (Cox)

A great little book with 101 one gallon fruit wine recipes. 34 pages. (Massaccesi)

Recipes, equipment and techniques for making wine. Great reference guide. Fantastic gift! 284 pages (Anderson)

The Winemaker Answer Book - WineMaker Magazine - Alison Crowe. Direct from the pages of WineMaker magazine, this comprehensive collection of questions and answers from their popular Wine Wizard column offers advice for both the novice and the advanced home winemaker, and everyone in between! Covering nearly every situation a winemaker could come up with, this 384 page guide is the perfect reference for any home vintner. Fully indexed and organized by themes, find the answers to your questions and fixes to your problems fast. (Crowe)

From planting to harvesting, this book tells you how to grow grapes. 32 pages (Garden Way)