How Governments, Environmentalists, Mobsters, and Critics Influence the Wines We Drink
Preface ix Acknowledgments xix Introduction 1 PART ONE. PRINCIPLES 1 The Solution Problem 19 2 Creating the Conditions for Graceful Aging 31 3 Building Structure: The Basic Tool Kit 43 4 The Seven Functions of Oak 58 5 Vineyard Enology: The Power of Showing Up 68 6 The Vicinal Diphenol Cascade: Red Wine’s Defi ning Reaction 82 7 Redox Redux: Measuring Wine’s Oxygen Uptake Capacity 91 8 Speculations on Minerality 102 9 Winemaking at High pH 111 10 Integrated Brettanomyces Management 120 11 Harmony and Astringency: Nice and Rough 131 Contents viii
