Techniques in Home Winemaking
By Daniel Pambianchi. Provides detailed instructions for producing premium-quality homemade wines that will impress even the most astute connoisseurs. Pambianchi demystifies the principles of winemaking, for both beginner and advanced home winemakers, with thorough, step-by-step descriptions and realistic advice. By using practical techniques, processes, and equipment adapted from traditional and modern commercial winemaking, excellent age-worthy wines can be made at home.
Easy-to-follow instructions are also provided for making impressive sparkling wine (including using the traditional method champenoise process), vintage-style port wine, and the now world-famous ice wine.
In this new edition, the author has completely updated all aspects of his indispensable book and has added an additional 30 pages. Expanded sections describe the instruments and procedures for monitoring and controlling acid, pH and sulphite levels; introduces newly-available winemaking equipment; provides step-by-step instructions for making world-class sparkling wines; discusses winemaking problems; and includes numerous new pictures and diagrams.
