From Vines to Wines

Create you own backyard winery!

From breaking ground to savoring the finished product, Jeff Cox's From Vines to Wines is the most complete and up-to-date guide to growing flawless grapes and making extraordinary wine.

Wine connoisseurs, gardeners, and home winemakers will find the latest techniques in this fully revised and updated edition. With thorough, illustrated instructions, you'll learn how to:

-- Choose and prepare a vineyard site

-- Construct sturdy and effective trellising systems

-- Plant, prune, and harvest the perfect grapes for your climate

-- Press, ferment, age and bottle your own wine

-- Judge wine for clarity, color, aroma, body, and taste

From The Publisher:

Here, in one convenient reference, is everything readers need to know to make fabulous homemade wines -- from planting vines to pulling the cork. Jeff Cox covers such topics as choosing a perfect vineyard site, constructing trellises, planting, pruning, harvesting, pressing, fermenting, bottling, and aging. He also includes new techniques in winemaking and wine-tasting tips. This book is truly a complete home winemaking education.