The Backyard Vintner: An Enthusiast's Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Wine at Home

by Jim Law

Welcome to your own personal wine country, where you will discover recipes and techniques for making and evaluating fine red, white, and rose wines from one of America's finest winemakers. This accessible guide teaches new and advanced enthusiasts how to select, grow, and harvest grapes that are suited to the different regions around the country, and then, how to make authentic artisan wine from them. If you've ever wanted to make homemade wine but never thought you had the space or ability to make it, you will love this book. The Backyard Vintner is a handy guide to at-home winemaking that teaches the readers the tips and tricks of the trade. With inspiring full-color photographs and step-by-step illustrations, this hardcover reference guide also provides recipes and techniques for making and evaluating fine red, white, and rose wines. The Backyard Vintner teaches you how to start and maintain a vineyard, and provides vital information on topics like planting, trellising, and pruning grapes. With chapters on planting and caring for your grapes, picking, fermenting, fine-tuning the elevage, and bottling your wine, this is a comprehensive guide for do-it-yourself enthusiasts.

Genres: Gardening

176 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2005

Reviews

[Katie Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm growing grapes--maybe wine will come of it, but I doubt it. Anyway, if you want to grow grapes in your backyard, this is the book to get. Very informative, easy to digest the info, great diagrams on planting schemes, excellent advice/info on how to tend grape pines.

[Cody · Rating 4 out of 5]

Full disclosure- I did not finish this book. I enjoyed reading this, it was a good beginner reference for basic wine-making and growing. It gives you a basic outline for growing grape vines and making wine. It's easy to read and the chapters go by quickly.

[Casey Kirk · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok book on vinting your own grapes and making wine. It's not much detail, but pretty cheap and nice pictures. It's also cool to have a book with something other than a california background.

[Christopher Fisher · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great all-around reference book on winemaking, from planting the grapes to the finished, fermented product.

[Shelly Nicholson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, I thought I could get some tips for improving my wine making skills. Now I am totally overwhelmed.