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The Winemaker's Hand

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Winemakers reveal how a vintner’s approach affects the nature of the wine they produce.
  • 07 June 2016
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In these fascinating interviews, winemakers from the United States and abroad clarify the complex process of converting grapes into wine, with more than forty vintners candidly discussing how a combination of talent, passion, and experience shape the outcome of their individual wines. Each winemaker details their personal approach to the various steps required to convert grapes into wine. Natalie Berkowitz speaks to winemakers from different backgrounds who work in diverse wine-producing regions, including Chile, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and the United States. They talk about familiar and unfamiliar grape varietals, their struggles with local terroirs, and the vagaries of Mother Nature. Some represent small family wineries with limited production while others work for corporations producing hundreds of thousands of bottles. Each individual offers rare insight into how new technologies are revolutionizing historic winemaking practices. The interviews are supplemented with personal recipes and maps of winemaking regions. An aroma wheel captures the vast array of wine's complex flavors and aromas.
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Price: $35.00
Pages: 336
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Series: Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History
Publication Date: 07 June 2016
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780231167574
Format: Paperback
BISACs: COOKING / Beverages / Alcoholic / General, COOKING / History, COOKING / Methods / General
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Few if any wine writers have devoted as much time and care as Berkowitz to the disparate paths to evolution of the winemaker's emotional intelligence that result in memorable wines from around the world.
Natalie Berkowitz is a wine, food, and lifestyle writer. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, and many other publications. She is also the author of the blog Winealicious. She taught a wine appreciation course to seniors at Barnard College and Columbia University for over a decade.

Preface
Introduction
Tracing the Historic Wine Trail
Conversations with Winemakers
The United States
California
 Napa Valley
• Joel Burt—Domaine Chandon
• Cathy Corison—Corison Winery
• Bill Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
• Dawnine Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
• Miljenko "Mike" Grgich—Grgich Hills Estate and Croatia
• Chris Phelps—Swanson Vineyards and Ad Vivum
• Michael Scholz—St. Supéry Winery
• Spring Mountain District
• Stuart Smith—Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery
• David Stevens—Consultant
• Tom Tiburzi—Domaine Chandon
• Ernie Weir—Hagafen Cellars
• John Williams—Frog's Leap Winery
Los Carneros
• Armand Ceja—Ceja Vineyards
• Stéphane Vivier—HdV Winery and Vivier Wines
Mendocino
• John Chiarito—Chiarito Vineyard
Sonoma
• Guy Davis—Davis Family Vineyards
New York State
 Finger Lakes
• Peter B. Saltonstall—King Ferry Winery and Treleaven Wines
Long Island
• Joe Macari Jr.—Macari Vineyard
• Kelly Urbanik—Macari Vineyard
North Carolina
• Sharon Fenchak—Biltmore Estate
Oregon
• Sheila Nicholas—Anam Cara Cellars
Chile
 Casablanca Valley
• Grant Phelps—Casas del Bosque
England
• Cherie Spriggs—Nyetimber Vineyard
France
 Bordeaux
• Margaux
• Philippe Delfaut—Château Kirwin
• Alexander van Beek—Châteaux du Tertre and Giscours—and Caiarossa
Graves
• Olivier Bernard—Domaine de Chevalier
Sauternes
• Xavier Planty—Château Guirard
Burgundy
• Etienne de Montille
Italy
 Friuli
• Giovanni Dri—Il Roncat
Lombardy
• Andrea Peri—Peri Bigogno Winery
Sicily
• Alessio Planeta—Planeta Winery and Vineyards
Soave
• Giovanni Ponchia—Consorzio Tutela
Tuscany
• Sergio Gargari—Pieve de' Pitti
• Filippo Rocchi—Castelvecchio
Veneto
• Cristian Ridolfi—Casa Vinicola Bertani
Portugal
 Duoro
• Casimiro Alves—Vercoope Cooperative
• Domingos Soares Franco—José Maria Da Fonseca
Spain
 Rioja
• Pedro Benito Saez—Bodegas Urbina de Crianza
• Oscar Montaña Porres—Marques de Tomares Wineries
Germany
 Mosel
• Raimund Prüm—S. A. Prüm
Greece
 Santorini
• Yiannis Paraskevopoulos—Gaia Wines
Slovenia
• Jurij Brumec—Sanctum
Israel
 Golan Heights
• Micha Vaadia—Galil Mountain Winery
Conclusion
The Aroma Wheel
Glossary of Wine Terms
Glossary of Wine Varietals