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Local Winery CEO Named to National Grape, Wine Board – The Missourian

Local Winery CEO Named to National Grape, Wine Board The Missourian St. James Winery CEO Peter Hofherr has been appointed to the board of directors for the National Grape and Wine Initiative (NGWI). Hofherr's two-year term as a board member at large began in January 2012. NGWI is an industry-driven partnership with …

Winemakers striking pay dirt – Staunton News Leader

Winemakers striking pay dirt Staunton News Leader Out-of-state visitors — 1.6 million of them in 2010 — stop to try some of the one million gallons of wine produced annually in Virginia, which ranks fifth in the nation in grape wine production and number of wineries. The more than five million … and more »

Grape Growing
Customer Review: SUPERB Info! For serious grape growers – more info than any other I’ve encountered in EASY to understand format!
Superb information. Easy to understand yet comprehensive. This is a “must have” for grape growers. Only reason I’m getting rid of it is area I now live doesn’t support grapes [outside of muscadine which grow like a weed]. This covers everything the others don’t.

Customer Review: Disappointed
Very disappointed in this book. I found it a shallow and pretentiously technical book.

George Washington Wine Cooler Fetches $782,500 at Auction
It was one of four wine coolers Washington ordered in 1789, the year he was sworn into office and moved into his first official residence, on Cherry Street in Manhattan. President’s Gift In 1797, as Washington left office and moved to Mount

Wine by Design (Interior Angles)
There is a revolution currently underway in the world of wine. Established and new vintners are discovering the dual marketing advantage of coupling exquisite, name-brand designer architecture with the winery tour.  Internationally renowned architects, such as Frank Gehry, Herzog & de Meuron, and Santiago Calatrava, have all designed wineries that focus on the experience of wine production for the visitor while providing brand recognition in the form of architecture. 

Celebrating the new alignment that the wine industry is making with design, Wine by Design highlights the most exciting new designs for wineries and spaces of wine from throughout the world including Australia, Chile, USA, Canada and the established vineyards of Europe.

It also emphasises the way design is making headway into wine retail and wine bars, as well as the trend for conspicuously displayed spaces for the storage and consumption of wine.

Customer Review: A great pairing of Wine & Architecture
I bought this as a Christmas gift for one of my many wine loving friends and just had to get one for myself. It tackles a unique subject – winery architecture – and gives you a good but not too in depth description of the wine making region, the wine facilities, and the wines themselves. It is full of great colour photography, site plans, and a broad selection of wineries around the world. The architecture featured is modern and not what you expect of typical wineries…the Gehry sketches alone are worth the price of the book! Want to impress your friends? Leave this book out on your coffee table. Better yet, pull this book out and enjoy while you sip on a Rioja red.

California wine country getaways for two – Newsday

Newsday

California wine country getaways for two Newsday News Newsday > News Content Preview Newsday 7 day/Optimum Online ® subscribers click here for full access Not a Newsday or Optimum Online ® subscriber? Click here California wine country getaways for two Published: January 26, 2012 12:38 PM By The … and more »

The Art and Science of Wine

How wine is made, from field to cellar to bottle.

Great wine is a complex blend of nature, art and science. In this updated new edition of a classic book, the “how and why” of a wine’s creation are examined in detail.

Acclaimed wine writers James Halliday and Hugh Johnson analyze the art and science behind the winemaking process. They start with the fundamental role of terroir the complex combination of characteristics that give a wine its personality. The latest developments in pruning and irrigation are then covered, along with the recent emergence of vineyards in cooler regions and the rise of organic wines.

Wine production in the cellar is detailed for nine specific styles, from light-bodied whites to full-bodied reds, along with sweet, sparkling and fortified varieties. The authors present the choices facing vintners at every step. The science of maturation is discussed, along with the industry’s raging debate over the merits of natural cork, plastic cork and screw cap seals. The book also covers:

• A year in the vineyard
• Quantity vs. quality
• National attitudes and regional characteristics
• Mechanization
• The chemistry and analysis of wine.

The Art and Science of Wine is filled with full color photographs and illustrations. With text that reflects the latest winemaking technology and discoveries, this lively book is both accessible and highly informative.

Customer Review: Beautiful, a steal
This is a beautiful, steal of a book (some independent sellers are offering <30% of the price Barnes and Noble wanted when I originally bought it the first time!). If you're like me and really want to know the intricacies of wine production (not just tasting notes, etc.--which this book also contains), this is a handy and educating book to have. Yes, it is paperback, but the front cover is a thick, glossy card stock and the pages inside are glossy as well. Nice for a coffee table or a bookshelf, but even better for your brain!