Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft (English edition) by Clark Smith

Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft is a pioneering work by Clark Smith, a major figure in American oenology. In this essential essay, the author challenges the foundations of modern winemaking, by stating that the creation of great wines relies as much on intuition as on technique.

Move away from the unique character and soul of the wine. impoverish their personality. For him, a exceptional wine must above all reflect a singular vision, nurtured by listening to the terroir, the grape, and the fermentation process.

With an erudite pen, often tinged with humor, the author offers a true postmodern philosophy of wine. It explores the effects of theoxygen, of the wood, from the micro-oxygenation, from the filtration or even from the music in the cellars, while illustrating his point with portraits of visionary winemakers.

The book is intended for wine professionals, to the Oenologists, to the curious winemakers, but also to the enlightened amateurs eager to better understand the Contemporary issues in winemaking. It offers an essential reflection on the balance between technology and artistic sensitivity, at the heart of what should be the 21st-century wine.

🟦 Item features

• Type of work : Book

• Title : Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft

• Author : Clark Smith

• Language : English

• Editor : University of California Press

• Publication date : November 2, 2013

• Number of pages : 368

• Format : Hardback

• Dimensions : 234 x 163 x 28 mm

• Weight : 724 g

• Theme : Oenology, the science of wine, winemaking techniques, philosophy of wine