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Author Smith, Clark, 1951- author.

Title Postmodern winemaking : rethinking the modern science of an ancient craft / Clark Smith
Published University of California Press, 2013

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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
aging of wine
alcohol
art
craft of winemaking
creativity
drinking
food science
great wines
humorous
innovator
insightful
minerality of wine
new techniques
old techniques
practical
professional winemaker
red win production techniques
red wine
science
sense of origin
structure of wine
tannins in wine
vineyard
white wine
wine as art
wine business
wine geeks
wine industry
wine making
wine
winemaker
winemaking
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Wine and wine making.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
Wine and wine making
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1299708862
9781299708860
9780520955264
0520955269
9780520958548
0520958543