Viticulture Volume 2: Practices
Horticulture Reference Textbook Viticulture Agriculture Wine & Winemaking Australian Agriculture Plant Science
Viticulture Volume 2: Practices is the authoritative Australian textbook that serious grape-growers and winemaking students reach for when they want bench-mark, science-backed guidance on everything that happens after the vines are in the ground. First released in 2001 and still in demand on the secondary market, this 376-page illustrated paperback distils decades of Antipodean field trials and world research into one well-organised reference. From canopy management and irrigation scheduling to pest ID, biological control, berry physiology, and the final vineyard mechanisation options, each chapter is written by leading researchers and generously laced with colour plates, graphs, and decision tables that make the science easy to apply in the shed or the lecture hall.
What sets this volume apart is its uniquely Australian perspective: every practice is benchmarked against the country’s diverse climates, ancient soils, and strict quarantine rules, so readers learn how to produce premium fruit whether they farm in the cool Adelaide Hills, the hot Riverland, or Mediterranean-like Margaret River. The authors—Dr Peter Dry (Waite Research Institute) and the late Dr Bryce Coombe—layer local data onto global best-practice, giving growers the confidence to adopt techniques such as minimal pruning, partial root-zone drying, or integrated pest management without running costly experiments of their own. Because the book is organised by vineyard operation rather than by vine biology, it doubles as a season-long checklist that winemakers, viticulture students, and even enthusiastic amateurs can follow from bud-burst to leaf-fall.
Collectors value this 2001 Winetitles printing for its sturdy sewn binding and high-quality coated paper that still shows the photographs and diagnostic symptoms in true colour. This copy shows only light cover scuffing from shelf life; the interior pages are clean, unmarked, and free of the ex-library stamps that often mar used textbooks. For anyone building a professional enology library, renovating an established vineyard, or searching for a practical gift for a young adult entering a wine-science programme, Viticulture Volume 2: Practices remains the gold-standard reference that turns grape-growing theory into bottle-ready reality.
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