ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING VINES IN 123 PAGES. This book is a basic introduction to growing grapes and aimed at the serious student in the wine trade, WSET Diploma student or Master of Wine... More > candidate. It is also very useful for those thinking of setting up vineyards as it answers a lot of the basic questions. Has sold over 2,000 copies now and received LOTS of emails saying how helpful it has been.< Less
"Grape Juice in the Bible" presents a strong case for the fact that Israel in Bible times had fresh grape juice as a healthy beverage. It also shows God's disapproval of alcoholic beverages... More > for His people and details the great change in the approval of alcohol among Christians through the last 200 years in America. The reason for this book is clearly presented by a recent blog (aletheiabaptistministries.org):
"It would be an uphill battle merely to advocate moderation in drinking as many conservatives do, but to come to a conclusion that total abstinence is a Biblical mandate, would place one immediately in the backwater of Christian social fellowships. But that is just the conclusion I’ve come to, not just because I find it the overwhelming norm of Christian history, or because the statistics on drinking grow increasingly alarming, but because I’ve become convinced that this is the only consistent biblical teaching."< Less
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT GROWING VINES IN 123 PAGES. This book is a basic introduction to growing grapes and aimed at the serious student in the wine trade, WSET Diploma student or Master of Wine... More > candidate. It is also very useful for those thinking of setting up vineyards as it answers a lot of the basic questions. Has sold over 2,000 copies now and received LOTS of emails saying how helpful it has been.< Less
THE VICTORIAN VINE-GROWERS’ GUIDE
Originally written by James Sinclair, a horticulturist living in Melbourne Australia, was published in 1856.
All aspects of grape vine cultivation is covered... More > in the book, see list of contents below. From soil preparation, planting, pruning and other tips in growing grape vines.
ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VINE CULTURE
THE SOILS FOR VINES
HOW TO MANAGE VINES IN A VERY BLEAK SITUATION
THE SUMMER PRUNING OF VINES
A SIMPLE METHOD OF VINE CULTURE
HOW TO CULTIVATE VINES AMONG CORN OR GRASS CROPS
TRAINING OF VINES OVER THE ROOFS OF HOUSES
THE SUMMER TYING UP OF YOUNG VINE BRANCHES
SYSTEMS OF MANAGING THE VINE
VINE CUTTINGS
DEPTH OF THE SOIL FOR VINES
THE WINTER PRUNING OF VINES
DRYING THE GRAPES AS RAISINS
HOW TO GET STRONG VINES
HOW TO GET LARGE QUANTITIES OF GRAPES
CROPS AMONG VINES
TREES IN VINEYARDS FOR ORNAMENT AND USE
LAYING OF THE VINE IN SUMMER
GETTING FUDDLED UPON WINE
CUTTING OUT THE BUDS OF VINE BRANCHES< Less
Grandpa shares his wisdom on growing tomatoes, grapes, grafting fruit trees and how to live with the same woman for sixty years without anyone getting hurt; but he is at a loss to know why preachers... More > use big words.< Less
Grandpa shares his wisdom on growing tomatoes, grapes, grafting fruit trees and how to live with the same woman for sixty years without anyone getting hurt; but he is at a loss to know why preachers... More > use big words.< Less
A I Perold (1880-1941) was South Africa's first Professor of Viticulture and Oenology. He dedicated himself to improving the quality of grapes for wine, brandy and the table. He studied wine and... More > brandy production in Europe, imported more than 60 varieties to the Cape and bred new ones. Perold said this book “is intended to serve both the student and the practical grape-grower. There are in it technical passages that will appeal more to the student, e.g. the chapters dealing with the biology of the vine, its external and internal morphology, the theory of grafting. My remarks on the practice of viticulture, such as those dealing with the propagation, manuring and pruning of the vine, the production of table grapes for export, will, it is hoped, assist the practical grape-grower as well as the student.” This is a newly typeset reprint, not a photocopy. Text has been aligned to match the original pagination so any external references to pages in the Treatise will be valid in this edition.< Less
A I Perold (1880-1941) was South Africa's first Professor of Viticulture and Oenology. He dedicated himself to improving the quality of grapes for wine, brandy and the table. He studied wine and... More > brandy production in Europe, imported more than 60 varieties to the Cape and bred new ones. Perold said this book “is intended to serve both the student and the practical grape-grower. There are in it technical passages that will appeal more to the student, e.g. the chapters dealing with the biology of the vine, its external and internal morphology, the theory of grafting. My remarks on the practice of viticulture, such as those dealing with the propagation, manuring and pruning of the vine, the production of table grapes for export, will, it is hoped, assist the practical grape-grower as well as the student.” This is a newly typeset reprint, not a photocopy. Text has been aligned to match the original pagination so any external references to pages in the Treatise will be valid in this edition.< Less
Abraham Izak Perold was the father of not only the modern South African wine industry but also those of brandy and table grapes. Although Dr Perold had published more than eighty pamphlets, articles... More > and books none of them are now in print, a situation rectified in a small way by this book. Inside is the complete unabridged text of “Some Viticultural and Oenological Experiments conducted at the Paarl Viticultural Experiment Station during 1915-1916” by Dr A I Perold, issued as a pamphlet by the Government Printer in Pretoria in 1916. It is Dr Perold’s annual report as Government Viticulturist on his work at the viticultural research station at Paarl, near Cape Town, South Africa. This book additionally includes an introduction, biography of Dr Perold, explanatory notes, photographs, glossary and index.
Peter F May is a wine writer and author whose “PINOTAGE: Behind the Legends of South Africa’s Own Wine was the world’s first book about the wine grape variety created by A I Perold.< Less
