In these fascinating interviews, winemakers from the United States and abroad clarify the complex process of converting grapes into wine, with more than forty vintners candidly discussing how a combination of talent, passion, and experience shape the outcome of their individual wines. Each winemaker details their personal approach to the various steps required to convert grapes into wine. Natalie Berkowitz speaks to winemakers from different backgrounds who work in diverse wine-producing regions, including Chile, England, France, Germany, Greece, Israel, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, and the United States. They talk about familiar and unfamiliar grape varietals, their struggles with local terroirs, and the vagaries of Mother Nature. Some represent small family wineries with limited production while others work for corporations producing hundreds of thousands of bottles. Each individual offers rare insight into how new technologies are revolutionizing historic winemaking practices. The interviews are supplemented with personal recipes and maps of winemaking regions. An aroma wheel captures the vast array of wine's complex flavors and aromas.
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Tracing the Historic Wine Trail
- The United States
- California
- Napa Valley
- Joel Burt—Domaine Chandon
- Cathy Corison—Corison Winery
- Bill Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
- Dawnine Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
- Miljenko “Mike” Grgich—Grgich Hills Estate and Croatia
- Chris Phelps—Swanson Vineyards and Ad Vivum
- Michael Scholz—St. Supéry Winery
- Spring Mountain District
- Stuart Smith—Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery
- David Stevens—Consultant
- Tom Tiburzi—Domaine Chandon
- Ernie Weir—Hagafen Cellars
- John Williams—Frog’s Leap Winery
- Los Carneros
- Armand Ceja—Ceja Vineyards
- Stéphane Vivier—HdV Winery and Vivier Wines
- Mendocino
- John Chiarito—Chiarito Vineyard
- Sonoma
- Guy Davis—Davis Family Vineyards
- New York State
- Finger Lakes
- Peter B. Saltonstall—King Ferry Winery and Treleaven Wines
- Long Island
- Joe Macari Jr.—Macari Vineyard
- Kelly Urbanik—Macari Vineyard
- North Carolina
- Sharon Fenchak—Biltmore Estate
- Oregon
- Sheila Nicholas—Anam Cara Cellars
- Chile
- Casablanca Valley
- Grant Phelps—Casas del Bosque
- England
- Cherie Spriggs—Nyetimber Vineyard
- France
- Bordeaux
- Margaux
- Philippe Delfaut—Château Kirwin
- Alexander van Beek—Châteaux du Tertre and Giscours—and Caiarossa
- Graves
- Olivier Bernard—Domaine de Chevalier
- Sauternes
- Xavier Planty—Château Guirard
- Burgundy
- Italy
- Friuli
- Lombardy
- Andrea Peri—Peri Bigogno Winery
- Sicily
- Alessio Planeta—Planeta Winery and Vineyards
- Soave
- Giovanni Ponchia—Consorzio Tutela
- Tuscany
- Sergio Gargari—Pieve de’ Pitti
- Filippo Rocchi—Castelvecchio
- Veneto
- Cristian Ridolfi—Casa Vinicola Bertani
- Portugal
- Duoro
- Casimiro Alves—Vercoope Cooperative
- Domingos Soares Franco—José Maria Da Fonseca
- Spain
- Rioja
- Pedro Benito Saez—Bodegas Urbina de Crianza
- Oscar Montaña Porres—Marques de Tomares Wineries
- Germany
- Greece
- Santorini
- Yiannis Paraskevopoulos—Gaia Wines
- Slovenia
- Israel
- Golan Heights
- Micha Vaadia—Galil Mountain Winery
- Conclusion
- The Aroma Wheel
- Glossary of Wine Terms
- Glossary of Wine Varietals
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