Wine Making ¿ A Guide to Growing, Nurturing and Producing offers a personal yet practical guide for your grape to bottle journey. The book covers all aspects of wine production; whether it¿s a dozen bottles of wine created with love from your kitchen table, or thousands of cases produced from a commercial vineyard. It will guide you through the processes, the challenges, the fun and the satisfaction to expect as you ¿grow your own wine¿. Topics covered include grape production ¿ vineyard site selection, choosing, planting and caring for vines; methods to maximize fruit production, and how best to harvest to minimize damage; the winemaking process ¿ steering the producer through each stage in sparkling and still wine production; wine tasting ¿ focusing on what flavours to seek and recognize, and which to avoid; the business of establishing a vineyard ¿ expectations and costs involved and finally, terroir ¿ and what it really means to winemakers and consumers today.