Viticultural & Enological

[chittychattykathy]

Before I drop some serious cash on one of those "big bucks" wine textbooks (like "Handbook of Enology" or "Wine Science"), I'd love to know if any of you have a favorite???

[winoweenie]

Hi CCK glad you're back. My favorite tome be Wine For Dummies. WW

[Innkeeper]

Are you talking about grape growing, wine making, or wine?

[chittychattykathy]

Thanks WW! (& ha, ha, that is a good book)
The types of books I am looking at are mostly used as textbooks for wine makers, so the info is mainly
viticulture and enology with some info on wine tasting, storage, regions. They run from $100 to $150 each, so
you can see why I am wanting some opinions on which one(s) to buy.
(And yes, I have contacted a few wine makers as to their choice.)

[hotwine]

I checked Amazon.com for the two examples you mentioned, and they have them both - or I should say, all three, since one of them is in two volumes. Yup, those are pretty stout prices, but unfortunately typical for quality textbooks. Best wishes, Kat.

[Thomas]

Kathy, try the book, Wine, by Amerine, et al.

[chittychattykathy]

Thanks, I have it in my cart!

[Bucko]

Principles and Practices of Winemaking (Boulton et. al), ISBN # 0834212706, published by Aspen Press, about $155 at Amazon.com.

One of the best around IMHO.

Bucko