Smith, Clark, 1951-

Postmodern winemaking : rethinking the modern science of an ancient craft / Clark Smith. - xxi, 344 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-318) and index.

1. The solution problem -- 2. Creating the conditions for graceful aging -- 3. Building structure: the basic tool kit -- 4. The seven functions of oak -- 5. Vineyard enology: the power of showing up -- 6. The vicinal diphenol cascade: red wine's defining reaction -- 7. Redoc redux: measuring wine's oxygen uptake capacity -- 8. Speculations on minerality -- 9. Winemaking at high pH -- 10. Integrated brettanomyces management -- 11. Harmony and astringency: nice and rough -- 12. Winemaking's lunatic heroes -- 13. Gideon Beinstock's Mountain Magic: handling extreme terroir -- 14. Randall Graham: California dreamer in search of the miraculous -- 15. Bob Wample: thinking like a grape -- 16. Pressing matters: a postmodern tale -- 17. Some like it hot -- 18. The new filtrations: winemaking's power tools -- 19. Flash dàetente: winemaking game changer -- 20. Spoofulated or artisanal? -- 21. Science and byodynamics: the limits of rationalism -- 22. Natural wine nonsense -- 23. Yeast inoculation: threat or menace? -- 24. New world identity and judging reform -- 25. Liquid music: resonance in wine -- Appendices.

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Wine and wine making.

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