The Way to Make Wine: How to Craft Superb Table Wines at Home

by Sheridan Warrick

Book Overview

"Can you change a tire? Then you can make wine. This according to Sheridan Warrick, Berkeley author of The Way to Make Wine , a step-by-step guide for home vintners. Warrick walks readers through each... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520247191
• ISBN13: 9780520247192
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.1" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Terrific how-to book , thank you Mr. Warrick

I loved reading this book, Warrick really knows his wine-making. He explains when, how, and in what order to ad this and that, temperatures to keep, tools and equipement to buy etc., after reading this book, I feel that I have enough knowledge to make a few gallons of bubbly delicious red wine. This book is very comprehensive and easy to read with more than enough information to enable you to make wine.

Great first wine making book - still good for those more advanced

This book has been a wonderfull read, and has taken me from knowing almost nothing to feeling confident and excited about my first upcoming vintage. From understanding how to get grapes to feeling comfortable with testing for the total acidity of a wine, this book has been a real pleasure. I walked away from this book knowing much more than I did walking into it.

BEST book yet for homewinemakers!

I see Jack Keller's rave review above. Enuf' said. He's the Pope of homewinemakers... I've read them all and found them mostly to be poorly written, padded out with recipes for obscure wines, and even one book directly contradicting another book's instructions. This one is reader friendly, logically organized, well written, accurate and totally comprehensive without bringing in extraneous material. If you want to make red or white wine at home, buy this book and look no further.

you'll look hard to find a better winemaking book

This is a very solid and readable handbook on making homemade wines. Sheridan Warrick has written this book the way I think I would have written it -- in a friendly, first person, conversational style. Along the way of learning what he has to teach, you get to know the author. It's a friendly, unassuming book with great content. If you are a beginner, it will teach you to make wine. If you are an experienced vintner, it will help you sharpen your skills. Warrick explains things so simply that I found myself taking notes on subjects I have trouble explaining so well. He gets to the essence of it, and that is what the reader needs. The anecdotal asides all have a point to convey and do so well. Numerous sidebars contain both useful facts and interesting teaching points. His chapters flow from one to another seamlessly in an organized, logical fashion, making it a very readable and useful book. I was able to thumb back through it several times most easily to find something I wanted to re-read, using only the book's organization as the measure of where to look -- it has a useful index, but I didn't need it. The book is organized into two parts. The first is a beginner's guide to winemaking, but loaded with a wealth of knowledge and explanation. The second part is about the refining techniques that help you master the business of making good wine great. In a phrase, this means knowing what is going on and that means testing, testing, and more testing. Too many winemaking books say to test this and test that, but don't explain how to do it. Warrick does. His section on malolactic fermentation, for example, is as fine and useful a treatment of the subject as I have read, and it includes the best step-by-step tutorial on paper chromatography I have in my sizable library. Indeed, all of his treatments of testing are well-done. And this, in my estimation, is reason enough to invest in this book.

Remarkable, most helpful -- clear, concise and right on target!!! Winemaking demystified!!!

This book was published just in time for my second winemaking season and is remarkable in its helpful clarity, having the correct answers to mystifying challenges. I had one crazy challenge in my first season of winemaking which resulted in several answers being given by experts. This book correctly identified the problem, the fix, and how to prevent the problem. It somehow provides a more straightforward and simple walk through of the process, taking away any notion that wine making is a challenge. It also discusses in depth and allows consideration for those of us who would like to minimize the inclusion of sulfites. Just being aware of that as a concern of the home winemaker is a huge win. I couldn't recommend this book more - it is the perfect tome of essential information to those wanting to get going with their own winemaking. I keep saying, I wish I had started years ago. Get this book without hesitation - it will get you on your way to stunning wine produced by your own efforts. Great satisfaction is guaranteed.