The Geography of Wine Regions, Terroir and Techniques /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dougherty, Percy H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Geography.; Geology.; Physical geography.; Agriculture.; Nature.; Environment.; Soil science.; Soil conservation.; Physical Geography.; Popular Science in Nature and Environment.; Soil Science & Conservation.

Wine has been described as a window into places, cultures and times. Geographers have studied wine since the time of the early Greeks and Romans, when viticulturalists realized that the same grape grown in different geographic regions produced wine with differing olfactory and taste characteristics....

Table of Contents:

• Overview
• 1. Wine and Viticulture: A Geographer’s Perspective
• 2. Terroir: At the Heart of Geography
• 3. Geography and the American Viticultural Areas Process, Including a Case Study of Lodi, California
• Regional
• 4. Bordeaux and Burgundy: A Comparison of Two French Wine Regions in Transition
• 5. The Okanagan Wine Region of British Columbia, Canada
• Physical
• 6. The Importance of Soil and Geology in Tasting Terroir; A Case History from the Willamette Valley, Oregon
• 7. Climate, Grapes, and Wine: Structure and Suitability in a Variable and Changing Climate
• Cultural/Economic
• 8. The South African Wine Industry: Meeting the Challenges of Structural and Ethical Transformation
• 9. Competiveness and Sustainability in Wine Tourism Regions: The Application of a Stage Model of Destination Development to Two Canadian Wine Regions
• 10. Northern California through an Economic Geographer’s Lens
• 11. The Origin, Diffusion, and Globalization of Riesling
• Techniques
• 12. Remote Sensing for Viticultural Research and Production
• 13. Geospatial Tools and Techniques for Vineyard Management in the 21st Century
• Index.