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1 online resource |
Contents |
1. The solution problem -- 2. Creating the conditions for graceful aging -- 3. Building structure: the basic tool kit -- 4. The seven functions of oak -- 5. Vineyard enology: the power of showing up -- 6. The vicinal diphenol cascade: red wine's defining reaction -- 7. Redoc redux: measuring wine's oxygen uptake capacity -- 8. Speculations on minerality -- 9. Winemaking at high pH -- 10. Integrated brettanomyces management -- 11. Harmony and astringency: nice and rough -- 12. Winemaking's lunatic heroes -- 13. Gideon Beinstock's Mountain Magic: handling extreme terroir -- 14. Randall Graham: California dreamer in search of the miraculous -- 15. Bob Wample: thinking like a grape -- 16. Pressing matters: a postmodern tale -- 17. Some like it hot -- 18. The new filtrations: winemaking's power tools -- 19. Flash dâetente: winemaking game changer -- 20. Spoofulated or artisanal? -- 21. Science and byodynamics: the limits of rationalism -- 22. Natural wine nonsense -- 23. Yeast inoculation: threat or menace? -- 24. New world identity and judging reform -- 25. Liquid music: resonance in wine -- Appendices |
Summary |
In Postmodern Winemaking, Smith shares knowledge he has accumulated in engaging, humorous, and erudite essays that convey a new vision of the winemaker's craft-one that credits the crucial roles played by both science and art in the winemaking process. Smith, a leading innovator in red wine production techniques, explains how traditional enological education has led many winemakers astray-enabling them to create competent, consistent wines while putting exceptional wines of structure and mystery beyond their grasp. Great wines, he claims, demand a personal and creative engagement with m |
Analysis |
acidity of wine |
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aging of wine |
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alcohol |
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art |
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craft of winemaking |
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creativity |
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drinking |
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food science |
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great wines |
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humorous |
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innovator |
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insightful |
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minerality of wine |
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new techniques |
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old techniques |
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practical |
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professional winemaker |
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red win production techniques |
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red wine |
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science |
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sense of origin |
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structure of wine |
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tannins in wine |
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vineyard |
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white wine |
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wine as art |
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wine business |
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wine geeks |
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wine industry |
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wine making |
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wine |
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winemaker |
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winemaking |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Wine and wine making.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
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Wine and wine making
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Form |
Electronic book
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ISBN |
1299708862 |
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9781299708860 |
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9780520955264 |
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0520955269 |
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9780520958548 |
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0520958543 |
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