Techniques in Home Winemaking: The Comprehensive Guide to Making Château-Style Wines

by Daniel Pambianchi

From crushing grapes to bottling wine, this essential handbook enables the home winemaker to make informed decisions about ingredients, equipment, and the winemaking process. Precise step-by-step instructions lead both novice and advanced winemakers through all of the important procedures, including selecting and working with new equipment, determining the best material for specific styles, analyzing the product, monitoring acidity levels, and common troubleshooting problems. Using accessible charts and tables to offer detailed instructions for making Pinot noir, port, and sparkling wines, this newly updated edition also covers often overlooked topics, such as ice wines and blending varieties.

Genres: Wine

512 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2008

Reviews

[Nenad Ukić · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful and practical. Suitable for beginners.

[Serge Pierro · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comprehensive approach to the art of home winemaking. Covers all of the tools and techniques necessary to make quality wines. Lots of information throughout.