Modern Winemaking fills the need for a book that anticipates the first-time winemakers’ wish to evaluate deficiencies in their first bottling and to approach subsequent efforts with efficiency and sophistication. This book is neither dry nor pretentious. The author is the happy combination of a research chemist, commercial vintner and vineyardist, teacher, and engaging writer. The amateur winemaker could do no better except, perhaps, for From Vines to Wines (next review).
