This book is so satisfyingly inclusive it could almost have gone in the Whole Systems section of this catalog. Jeff Cox, an editor at Organic Gardening for about 15 years, may be the John McPhee of winemaking. He talks about wine by detailing the influences on it, then dissects those influences until he has described a huge circle of interrelatedness. The chapters on selecting the site for your vineyard are a pure, sweet ecology lesson. This book is a little thinner than Jackisch’s—with greater scope—so it lacks a tiny bit of the depth, but it’s soooo good. Get ’em both.
