Wines from a Small Garden: From Planting to Bottling (Hardcover)

~ James Page-Roberts (Author)

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Product Description

From planting and pruning the vines to picking, pressing, and fermenting the grapes to making and bottling the wine, Page-Roberts' clear-cut instructions cover every step in the grape-growing and wine-making process. The book also includes a short section on cooking with wine and one on making vinegar. 40 color illustrations.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Abbeville Press (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789200767
• ISBN-13: 978-0789200761
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 8.2 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,746,291 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Better books available, August 30, 2002

By	Roland Pouliot (Connellsville, PA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was quite disappointed when I got the book and read it. The book focuses mainly on growing grapes in England, and some of the information in the book is not all that accurate. For example, when the author talks about pruning, he only mentions spur pruning. There are grape varieties out there whose basal buds are not fruitful where cane pruning is required.
The only satisfaction that I got from the book was that someone was successfully growing grapes and making wine in less space and in a less favorable climate than I am.

3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very practical., July 1, 1999

By A Customer

I read this book in Dutch. It gives advice on what sorts of vines are easy to grow and are resistant to diseases. What I particularly liked is that this book gives advice on the different possible ways of pruning the plant; like how to prune when growing a vine in a pot on your balcony!