Customer Reviews
Vines to Wines book review - By: Ian Scougall, 21 Sep 2008 
Useful & informative book but totally focussed on wine growingin America, which is a shame as I am considering growing vinesin France!
The best of the best - By: , 17 May 1999 
Of all the books I have read on growing grapes & making wine, & I have read a few this is the most comprehensive & useful. Jeff Cox is a master at making even the most difficult aspects of viticulture easy to understand. I recomend this book to anyone looking for an allin one guide to turning vines into wines.
One of the "Bibles" for backyard grape growers. - By: , 06 Mar 1999 
Cox's "From Vines to Wines" is probably one of the best introductions to backyard grape growing & basement winemaking available today. From selecting vine stock to harvesting the crop, the first half of the book covers all the bases for grape growing. The second half is dedicated to winemaking, from first establishing what type of wine you want to create to labeling the bottles. This book is definitely oriented towards the hobbyist - readers with designs for a large vineyard (1+ acres) will want to start with this book but move on to more detailed texts. Personally, I found the section on site selection & soil analysis a little thin - fine if you're limited to the space on hand (your backyard), but lacking if you want to buy acreage dedicated to a vineyard. No data was provided on small scale commercial operations or basic vineyard economics. Cox's winemaking chapters are probably the best I've seen. He goes through the whole process & highlights potential trouble areas. Overall, a very good book for the hobbyist.
