Understanding vineyard soils / Robert E. White.
Terroir connotes a sense of place that imparts a distinctive character to wine. A central component of terroir is the soil and its immediate surroundings. Thus, an understanding of the basic properties of soils and how they function as a "living skin" on the earth's surface is of fund...
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Oxford University Press,
2009.
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Table of Contents:
- Why soil is important in viticulture
- Site selection and soil preparation
- The nutrition of grapevines
- Where the vine roots live
- The living soil
- Putting it all together.