| Description |
364 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Note |
Includes index. |
| Form |
Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Motivations, materials, and methods. Making great wine at home ; Finding good grapes ; Provisioning your home winery ; Obsessing over temperature, oxygen, and sanitation -- Phases and stages. Sorting, crushing, and pressing ; Letting yeast do its thing: fermentation ; Doing the post-fermentation tango ; Aging and blending ; Finishing and bottling ; Storing, serving, and starting over -- Deeper into reds. What's special about red wines? ; Bold Bordeaux reds ; Ravishing Rhône reds ; Handling the hard cases ; Up-and-comers and off-the-radars -- Deeper into whites. What's special about white wines? ; Fruity, herbal whites ; Aromatic whites -- Beyond red and white. Thinking and drinking pink ; Dessert, fortified, and sparkling wines -- The part of tens. Ten mistakes most home winemakers make at least once ; Ten ways to save money (and make better wine) ; Ten differences between wine(makers) and beer(brewers). |
| Summary |
Enjoy making-- and drinking-- your own first-class wines. Patterson provides tips on how to make every style of wine-- red, white, dry, sweet, and bubbly. |
| Subject |
Wine and wine making -- Amateurs' manuals.
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| ISBN |
9780470678954 |
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047067895X |
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9780470681121 (ebk.) |
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9780470681138 (ebk.) |
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9780470681145 (ebk.) |
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