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Title: VINTNER'S ART : HOW GREAT WINES ARE MADE by Hugh Johnson ISBN: 0671728881 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $45.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.67

Rating: 4
Summary: Not merely a coffee-table book
Comment: I bought this book as a companion volume to my little home winemaking library and am very glad I did. The authors explain and illustrate very clearly the choices that winemakers make in response to, and to complement, what nature gives them: The Grape. Four stars because of the exclusive focus on "great" wines (far too expensive for you and I), which as Johnson freely admits, are as much a product of mystique, fame, and rarity as of winemaking practice. Also, the authors' constant fawning over everything French at the expense of the rest of the world lessens the book's value to someone interested in winemaking in California. Still, beautiful photography combined with clear illustrations and excellent, sharp writing make this a must read for the serious winelover interested in more than snobbery, or the amateur winemaker intent on improving his/her closet-full of cab.

Rating: 5
Summary: Winemakers Options
Comment: Winemaking books come in three flavors. For beginners, some books present scores of 'home' recipies including fruits, veggies, meads, beers, &c. At the other extreme are advanced textbooks for enology courses. And in the middle are a few intermediate books that focus on simple wines, but without hinting all the vintner's options.

Johnson and Halliday assume a basic knowledge of making and tasting wine and proceed to discuss all the options open to the winemaker. Simple charts depicting sequences of events are unique to this book and quite interesting.

I still can't put it down. For a winemaker its a wealth of ideas and possibilities.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!
Comment: James Halliday and Hugh Johnson do a fabulous job of explaining different wine styles and the reasons for the differences.

Terrific photos and diagrams. A good read and an outstanding reference for winemakers and wine lovers. One oddity... they managed to write the book without using the word "zinfandel".

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