Wine Growing
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Concord Grape Vine Five Gallon Plant by Monrovia Growers List Price: $69.98 Sale Price: $69.98 Average Rating:   |
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The Concord grape emerged as the dominant cold climate American variety. Grow your own fruit by planting vine on trellis, arbor, pergola, or fence. Fast growth. Great tasting fruit yummy to eat fresh, or make into jam... |
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1873 Spring Portugal Trimming Grape Vines Wine Growing Sale Price: $16.00 |
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1873 spring portugal trimming grape vines wine growing . Old antique historical victorian prints maps and historic fine art---------- full page from the illustrated london news, an illustrated weekly newspaper weeks date as shown on top of page, the size of each page is approximately 15... |
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1907 Maps World Commerce Wine Growing Countires Sale Price: $31.75 |
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An Antique Map With Reverse Image As Shown Taken From The Atlas Of The Worlds Commerce Showing Imports Products And Exports.It Was Compiled From The Latest Offical Returns At The Edinburgh Geographical Institute... |
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America's Inland Coast - Journey Along the Great Lakes List Price: $19.95 Sale Price: $19.95 |
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America's Inland Coast is a touching, scenic and memorable portrait of life on the Western Great Lakes. First released on PBS, this video explores the unique coastal regions of Lakes Superior and Michigan through four people whose lives have been shaped by these inland seas... |
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Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits & Vegetables List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $7.54 Average Rating:  |
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Anyone can learn to store fruits and vegetables safely and naturally with a cool, dark space (even a closet!) and the step-by-step advice in this book. |
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From Vines to Wines: The Complete Guide to Growing Grapes and Making Your Own Wine List Price: $18.95 Sale Price: $11.46 Average Rating: |
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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... |
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How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency List Price: $14.95 Sale Price: $8.17 Average Rating:  |
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How to Store Your Garden Produce: The Key to Self-Sufficiency has been completely revised and is the modern guide to storing and preserving your garden produce, enabling you to eat home-grown goodness all year round... |
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IntelliScanner Wine Collector 300 $279.95 Manage your cellar easily with barcode technology! This mini scanner records thousands of wine bottles with a quick scan of their barcodes! Manage your growing collection at home or take it with you to wine stores and tastings. The comprehensive wine management software (included) allows you to download wines' information on your computer and create detailed reports on each. For older wines without barcodes simply add one with the included asset tags. You can also create a virtual cellar to track your racked and consumed wines along with their tasting notes. Track and share your data online with free Web 2.0 Publishing and an included IPhone web app to browse collections anywhere. Windows PC and Mac compatible. Comes in wooden wine bottle gift box. Includes: IntelliScanner mini portable barcode scanner IntelliScanner wine management software (version 3.0) USB Cable Quick Start Guide 10 Asset Tags |
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American Grape Growing and Wine Making $18.99 American Grape Growing and Wine Making |
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The American Wine Society Presents Growing Wine Grapes $9.22 Wonderful advice for growing wine grapes in any climate. |
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American Grape Growing and Wine Making (1885) $18.48 American Grape Growing and Wine Making (1885) |
Wine of the Month Club Podcasts Enhance the Tasting Experience for Novices, Connoisseurs
Wine lovers--novice and connoisseurs--are getting a taste of wine lifestyles with The Original Wine of the Month Club's new web TV program, featuring wine expert and President Paul Kalemkiarian.
New Zealand â the New Mecca for Wine Lovers?
New Zealand wines have become sought after in a really short period of time since the country started wine production. The first commercial vineyard was established in 1973 in the Marlborough area of New Zealand, which is also New Zealand's first Sauvignon Blanc growing region too. From this rather late entry into commercial wine production New Zealand has now become a player, especially with its Sauvignon Blanc which has become a really special and applauded wine.
New Zealand as a country has a unique climate which makes for the potential to create unique wines. The New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc has in fact become a benchmark for this particular type of wine for the rest of the world. One of the reasons for the success of this wine is the climate of New Zealand. Although predominantly a maritime climate, the weather in New Zealand displays more variation in its nature than that of Northern Europe. Cold snaps are possible at any time of the year and warm periods are possible even in the depth of winter. The wine regions of New Zealand tent to experience cold nights even in the height of summer which tends to produce fruits that are high in acidity.
New Zealand has 10 wine growing regions. The diversification of the climate means that harvesting dates vary across the country with some grapes harvested in February whilst others may not be picked until late April.
New Zealand concentrates on several main types of wine. Due to the size of the country they don't have the potential to diversify in the same way as larger countries. On the reds they tend to stick to Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Pinto Noir, whilst with white wines they concentrate on Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay. But even with this limited range of grapes to choose from New Zealand has produced some really classy wines.
Pinot Noir is a difficult grape to cultivate but produces some really fine wines. The plant likes cool temperatures and low rainfall and is therefore best placed in the Wellington and South Island regions of New Zealand. Some of the wines using this grape are produced by Stonewall, Esk Valley and Hunters
Sauvignon Blanc is the other great New Zealand wine. By the 1990's New Zealand had infact become one of the foremost producers of wines made from this grape. It is produced in two main regions and therefore has two main styles. The Northern styles tend to be richer with a melon like flavour whilst those produced in the south are lighter and more peppery in taste. Some of the favourites are Cloudy Bay (the definitive Sauvignon Blanc), Stonewall, Esk Valley and Brightwater.
About the Author
Fiona Muller is a qualified journalist and has worked in food and drink writing for the last few years. For a great selection of New Zealand wines, including information on fine wines and tips for tastings, go to www.laithwaites.co.uk