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| Series Editor's Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Viticulture - The Basics | |
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| The Structure Of The Grape Berry | |
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| The Grape Vine | |
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| What Is A Grape Variety? | |
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| Reasons For Grafting | |
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| Phylloxera Vastatrix | |
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| Rootstocks | |
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| The Lifespan Of The Vine | |
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| Climate | |
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| Climatic requirements of the grape vine | |
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| Climatic enemies of the grape vine | |
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| Mesoclimate & microclimate | |
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| The concept of degree days | |
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| Impact of climate | |
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| Weather | |
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| Soil | |
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| Soil requirements of the grape vine | |
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| Influence of soils upon wine style and quality | |
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| Soil types suitable for viticulture | |
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| Soil compatibility | |
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| Terroir | |
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| The vineyard | |
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| Vineyard location | |
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| Density of planting of vines | |
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| Training systems | |
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| Pruning methods and canopy management | |
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| Irrigation | |
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| The growing season and work in the vineyard | |
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| Pests and diseases | |
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| Important vineyard pests | |
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| Diseases | |
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| Prevention & treatments | |
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| Environmental approaches in the vineyard | |
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| Integrated pest management - IPM | |
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| Organic viticulture | |
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| Biodynamic viticulture | |
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| The harvest | |
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| Grape ripeness & timing of picking | |
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| Harvesting methods | |
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| Style & quality | |
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| Vinification - the basics | |
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| Basic principles of vinification | |
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| Winery location and design | |
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| Winery equipment | |
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| Red wine making | |
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| Stemming and crushing | |
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| Must preparation | |
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| Fermentation, temperature control and extraction | |
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| Maceration | |
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| Racking | |
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| Pressing | |
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| Malolactic fermentation | |
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| Blending | |
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| Maturation | |
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| Dry white wine making | |
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| Crushing and pressing | |
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| Must preparation | |
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| Fermentation | |
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| Malolactic fermentation | |
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| Maturation | |
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| Preparing wine for bottling | |
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| Fining | |
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| Filtration | |
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| Stabilisation | |
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| Adjustment of sulphur dioxide levels | |
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| Bottling | |
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| Closures | |
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| Detailed processes in red and white wine making | |
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| Wine presses and pressing | |
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| Use of gases to prevent spoilage | |
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| Natural or cultured yeasts | |
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| Destemming | |
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| Fermenting sugar rich musts to dryness | |
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| Colour extraction, concentration and tannin balance | |
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| Macro, micro and hyper-oxygenation | |
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| Removal of excess alcohol | |
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| Barrel maturation and oak treatments | |
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| The influence of the barrel | |
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| Oak treatments | |
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| Making other types of still wine | |
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| Medium-sweet and sweet wines | |
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| Rose wines | |
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| Liqueur (fortified) wines | |
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| Sparkling wines | |
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| Fermentation in sealed tank | |
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| Second fermentation in bottle | |
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| The traditional method | |
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| Problems and solutions | |
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| Vintages - style and quality | |
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| Coping with [roblems in the vineyard | |
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| Handling fruit in the winery | |
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| Problems in winemaking | |
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| Common faults and their causes | |
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| 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole | |
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| Oxidation | |
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| Excessive volatile acidity | |
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| Excessive sulphur dioxide | |
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| Reductivity | |
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| Brettanomyces | |
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| Dekkera | |
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| Geraniol | |
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| Geosmin | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Useful websites | |
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| Index | |