The Winemaker's Hand: Conversations on Talent, Technique, and Terroir

by Natalie Berkowitz

Overview

More than 40 vintners from across America and around the world reveal their winemaking secrets in this collection of fascinating interviews.
 
In The Winemaker’s Hand, professional winemakers from Napa Valley to the Finger Lakes and from Chile to Italy share their personal approach to the ancient—yet constantly evolving—craft of winemaking. In candid discussions, they reveal how a combination of talent, passion, and experience shape the outcome of their individual wines. 
 
Wine and food writer Natalie Berkowitz interviews winemakers from small family wineries as well as large corporations that produce bottles in the hundreds of thousands. They discuss familiar and unfamiliar grape varietals, local terroirs, and the vagaries of Mother Nature—as well as how new technologies are revolutionizing historic winemaking practices.
 
Complete with personal recipes, maps of winemaking regions, and an aroma wheel capturing the vast array of wine's complex flavors and aromas, The Winemaker’s Hand is a globe-hopping tour through the world of wine.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780231537377
Publisher:	Columbia University Press
Publication date:	07/15/2020
Series:	Arts and Traditions of the Table Perspectives on Culinary History
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	336
File size:	23 MB
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About the Author

Natalie Berkowitz is a wine, food, and lifestyle writer. Her articles have appeared in the New York Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Wine Enthusiast, Wine Spectator, and many other publications. She is also the author of the blog Winealicious. She taught a wine appreciation course to seniors at Barnard College and Columbia University for over a decade.

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
Tracing the Historic Wine Trail
Conversations with Winemakers
The United States
California
Napa Valley
• Joel Burt—Domaine Chandon
• Cathy Corison—Corison Winery
• Bill Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
• Dawnine Dyer—Dyer Vineyard
• Miljenko "Mike" Grgich—Grgich Hills Estate and Croatia
• Chris Phelps—Swanson Vineyards and Ad Vivum
• Michael Scholz—St. Supéry Winery
• Spring Mountain District
• Stuart Smith—Smith-Madrone Vineyards and Winery
• David Stevens—Consultant
• Tom Tiburzi—Domaine Chandon
• Ernie Weir—Hagafen Cellars
• John Williams—Frog's Leap Winery
Los Carneros
• Armand Ceja—Ceja Vineyards
• Stéphane Vivier—HdV Winery and Vivier Wines
Mendocino
• John Chiarito—Chiarito Vineyard
Sonoma
• Guy Davis—Davis Family Vineyards
New York State
Finger Lakes
• Peter B. Saltonstall—King Ferry Winery and Treleaven Wines
Long Island
• Joe Macari Jr.—Macari Vineyard
• Kelly Urbanik—Macari Vineyard
North Carolina
• Sharon Fenchak—Biltmore Estate
Oregon
• Sheila Nicholas—Anam Cara Cellars
Chile
Casablanca Valley
• Grant Phelps—Casas del Bosque
England
• Cherie Spriggs—Nyetimber Vineyard
France
Bordeaux
• Margaux
• Philippe Delfaut—Château Kirwin
• Alexander van Beek—Châteaux du Tertre and Giscours—and Caiarossa
Graves
• Olivier Bernard—Domaine de Chevalier
Sauternes
• Xavier Planty—Château Guirard
Burgundy
• Etienne de Montille
Italy
Friuli
• Giovanni Dri—Il Roncat
Lombardy
• Andrea Peri—Peri Bigogno Winery
Sicily
• Alessio Planeta—Planeta Winery and Vineyards
Soave
• Giovanni Ponchia—Consorzio Tutela
Tuscany
• Sergio Gargari—Pieve de' Pitti
• Filippo Rocchi—Castelvecchio
Veneto
• Cristian Ridolfi—Casa Vinicola Bertani
Portugal
Duoro
• Casimiro Alves—Vercoope Cooperative
• Domingos Soares Franco—José Maria Da Fonseca
Spain
Rioja
• Pedro Benito Saez—Bodegas Urbina de Crianza
• Oscar Montaña Porres—Marques de Tomares Wineries
Germany
Mosel
• Raimund Prüm—S. A. Prüm
Greece
Santorini
• Yiannis Paraskevopoulos—Gaia Wines
Slovenia
• Jurij Brumec—Sanctum
Israel
Golan Heights
• Micha Vaadia—Galil Mountain Winery
Conclusion
The Aroma Wheel
Glossary of Wine Terms
Glossary of Wine Varietals

Editorial Reviews

For those who are serious about understanding the essence of fine wine, The Winemaker's Hand is a must. Through this book wine lovers can travel, at least vicariously, to important wine regions and experience the dedication and passion of vintners. Special wines come from special places. And special wines are made by special people. This book is special, too — worthy of its subject and deserving of your attention. Savor it as you would the wines of the talented enologists who inspire its story.

Anthony Verdoni

A unique book. I learned from the interviews why certain wines are my favorites and constantly stand out from all others.

Robert Gutenstein

A joy to browse, The Winemaker's Hand is especially recommended for sophisticated wine connoisseurs.

Midwest Book Review

Natalie's in-depth research and interviews with top winemakers from all over the world are compelling and authoritative. The dialogue with each winemaker is an intimate look at the individual nature of winemaking along with the artistry and passion it takes to create world-class wines

Jack Daniels

These interviews with winemakers from all over the world present an irresistible opportunity for other winemakers, students of winemaking and wine lovers in general to get inside their heads. The author has these fascinating people talking informally about their diverse paths to winemaking, and what influences their winemaking decisions and preferences. This is an insider's look at a life that many would envy.

Michaela Rodeno

Few if any wine writers have devoted as much time and care as Berkowitz to the disparate paths to evolution of the winemaker's emotional intelligence that result in memorable wines from around the world.

Armand Gilinsky

The Winemaker's Hand... is full of valuable interviews, research and insight, giving voice to the vintners.

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