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Home winemaking for dummies

Title
Home winemaking for dummies / by Tim Patterson.
Author
Patterson, Tim, 1946-
Publication
Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2011.

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Description
364 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Enjoy making-- and drinking-- your own first-class wines. Patterson provides tips on how to make every style of wine-- red, white, dry, sweet, and bubbly.
Series Statement
For dummies
Uniform Title
--For dummies.
Subject
Note
  • Includes index.
Additional Formats (note)
  • Issued also in electronic formats.
Contents
Introduction -- Motivations, materials, and methods. Making great wine at home ; Finding good grapes ; Provisioning your home winery ; Obsessing over temperature, oxygen, and sanitation -- Phases and stages. Sorting, crushing, and pressing ; Letting yeast do its thing: fermentation ; Doing the post-fermentation tango ; Aging and blending ; Finishing and bottling ; Storing, serving, and starting over -- Deeper into reds. What's special about red wines? ; Bold Bordeaux reds ; Ravishing Rhône reds ; Handling the hard cases ; Up-and-comers and off-the-radars -- Deeper into whites. What's special about white wines? ; Fruity, herbal whites ; Aromatic whites -- Beyond red and white. Thinking and drinking pink ; Dessert, fortified, and sparkling wines -- The part of tens. Ten mistakes most home winemakers make at least once ; Ten ways to save money (and make better wine) ; Ten differences between wine(makers) and beer(brewers).
Call Number
JFE 13-7826
ISBN
  • 9780470678954
  • 047067895X
OCLC
665192657
Author
Patterson, Tim, 1946-
Title
Home winemaking for dummies / by Tim Patterson.
Imprint
Mississauga, Ont. : J. Wiley & Sons Canada, c2011.
Series
For dummies
--For dummies.
Additional Formats
Issued also in electronic formats.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-7826
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