MDCrush Reading List
Home Winemaking - Step by StepJon Iverson
A must have for any amateur/home winemaker. Probably one of the most comprehensive guides to developing sound winemaking practices.
Principles and Practices of WinemakingBoulton, Singleton, Bisson, Kunkee
This essential text and reference offers a complete guide to winemaking. The authors, all well-known experts in their field, concentrate on the process of wine production, stressing the chemistry, biochemistry, microbiology and underlying science of enology.
Grapes into WinePhilip M. Wagner
One of the first to write a basic book in English on Winemaking from a winemakers point of view. Philip Wagner is also the founder of Boordy Vineyards, one of the oldest wineries in Maryland.
Sunlight into WineRichard Smart, Mike Robinson
Sunlight into Wine sets out the principles of canopy management to improve winegrape yield and quality. It brings together for the first time the findings of viticultural research and advances in commercial grapegrowing practice over the last decade or so. A must read for any vineyard owner/winegrower.
Modern WinemakingPhilip Jackisch
Aiming at the amateur winemaker, Jackisch discusses grapes, wine composition, equipment and materials, microorganisms, and fermentation.
A Very Good YearMike Weiss
Weiss sets out to answer his wife's question about what actually goes into the making of a bottle of wine. Excellent read about the life of a high end glass of Fume Blanc, from grape, to bottle, to consumption.