Wine Growing in Great Britain is an A to Z of growing grapes for
wine production in the British Isles and other cool climate
regions. For anyone contemplating planting and establishing a
vineyard and for those already growing vines on a small scale who
perhaps wish to expand their vineyards and improve their
winegrowing skills, it will be an invaluable guide. It will also be
of interest to students of viticulture and wine studies. The book
covers not only the viticultural tasks involved in setting up,
establishing and managing a vineyard, but also, uniquely, covers
the financial aspects of cool climate wine growing: the costs of
land, vineyard establishment and management, and the income from
both grape and wine sales. The second edition, published in 2020,
has been expanded and updated contains much unique data on yields
and the performance of vineyards in Britain's different regions.
Chapter 1 is a brief introduction to winegrowing in Great Britain,
looking at the changes that have taken place over the last sixty
years. Chapter 2 starts with the financial viability of a
winegrowing enterprise, giving the likely costs of: buying suitable
land, establishing a vineyard, managing that vineyard and the costs
of making both still and sparkling wines. It then covers the
possible income from the vineyard, covering the value of the grapes
and the likely income from wine sales. Chapter 3 looks at the
question of site selection, giving guidance on where the best
places to plant a vineyard are and the reasons why site selection
is the most important decision in the whole process. Chapter 4
covers the all-important aspect of varietal choice with full
descriptions of thirty varieties - all those currently being grown
in Great Britain in excess of 1.50-ha - together with a section on
new vine varieties, clones of Chardonnay, Pinot noir and Meunier
for sparkling wine and rootstocks suitable for Great Britain.
Chapters 5-10 cover pruning and trellising systems, the planning
and preparation of the site, vineyard nutrition, planting
techniques, trellising systems, and the machinery and equipment
required to manage a vineyard successfully. Chapters 11-16 cover
the management of the vineyard from planting through to full
cropping, frost protection, weed control, protected vinegrowing,
and pest and disease control. Chapter 17 is devoted to the
important topic of Trunk Diseases and Chapter 18 to Organic and
biodynamic viticulture. Finally, Chapter 19 is on 'Getting
started'. There then follow eight appendices: - Useful addresses -
Vineyard pre-planting check list - Vineyard running costs -
Vineyard machinery costs - The Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme - The
story of Wrotham Pinot - The complete history of sparkling wine
production in Great Britain - so far - Jack Ward, Horam Manor and
the Merrydown Wine Company
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