Home Winemaking: A Guide to Fermenting Wine Grapes - Softcover

Iverson, Jon A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 096579363X ISBN 13: 9780965793636

Publisher: Stonemark Publishing Company, U.S., 2000

Synopsis

Written expressly for beginning and advanced amateurs, this guide explores home winemaking in practical terms, focusing on the latest fermentation techniques of both red and white wine grapes. This new edition is more user-friendly than ever, containing an expanded offering of tips and advice to help winemakers obtain the best possible yield as well as descriptions of new yeasts, chemicals, and additives available. Detailed information on equipment, supplies, and how to arrange a source for good grapes as well as mistakes to avoid makes getting started easy. Advanced winemakers will appreciate full explanations of sophisticated topicssuch as malolactic fermentation, sparkling wines, concentrate kits, and blendingand listings of websites for supplementary information."

About this title

Synopsis:

Written expressly for beginning and advanced amateurs, this guide explores home winemaking in practical terms, focusing on the latest fermentation techniques of both red and white wine grapes. Detailed information on equipment, supplies, and mistakes to avoid will make getting started easy. Advanced winemakers will appreciate full explanations of sophisticated topics such as malolactic fermentation, extended maceration sparkling wines, and chemical testing. Also included in the new edition is information on the use of oak barrels. Unlike other winemaking manuals, this is devoted entirely to wine made with grapes instead of fruit wines.

About the Author:

Jon Iversonis a wine fermentation expertwith 30 years of experience and the author of "The Babyboomer's Guide to Estate and Medicaid Planning." He lives in Medford, Oregon."

About this edition

• Publisher: Stonemark Publishing Company, U.S.
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 096579363X
• ISBN 13: 9780965793636
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 232