From Vines to Wines : The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes & Making Your Own Wine

From planting vines to savoring the finished product, this essential guide covers every aspect of growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine.

Fully illustrated instructions show you how to choose and prepare a vineyard site; build trellising systems; select, plant, prune, and harvest the right grapes for your climate; press, ferment, and bottle wine; and judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, and taste.

With information on making sparkling wines, ice wines, port-style wines, and more, this comprehensive guide is an excellent resource for every winemaker.

Jeff Cox is the author of 21 books on food, wine, and gardening, including Gardening with Biochar, From Vines to Wines, and Cellaring Wine. He was the managing editor of Organic Gardening for many years, and currently serves as a contributing editor to The Tasting Panel, SOMM Journal, Clever Root, and Horticulture magazines, and writes a monthly garden feature for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat. He has been the host of the PBS television series Your Organic Garden and Grow It! on HGTV. Cox lives in Sonoma County in California.