The Organic Backyard Vineyard: A Step-by-Step Guide to Growing Your Own Grapes

About this book

Interest in wine shows no signs of slowing downwine tours tastings and vacations are now common and homeowners often have space dedicated to their collection. The logical next step? Learning to grow and make your own. In The Organic Backyard Vineyard expert Tom Powers walks the small grower through the entire process of growing grapes with a month-by-month maintenance guide covering all regions of the U.S. and Canada. He explains everything a beginning grape grower needs to know: how to design and build a vineyard how to select grapes for each region how to maximize yield using organic maintenance techniques how to build a trellis how to harvest at peak flavor and how to store grapes for winemaking.This edition includes organic growing information and all new photography.