About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 73. Chapters: Grape, Vineyard, List of grape varieties, Irrigation in viticulture, Vine training, Ripeness in viticulture, Glossary of viticultural terms, Terroir, Vitis, Great French Wine Blight, Biodynamic wine, Vitis vinifera, Annual growth cycle of grapevines, Phylloxera, Climate categories in viticulture, List of vineyard soil types, Gloria Ferrer, Canopy, Precision viticulture, Comet vintages, Botrytis cinerea, Harvest, Klopotec, Hybrid grapes, International Grape Genome Program, Yield, Winkler scale, Vintners Quality Alliance, Pixie Grape, Ampelography, Noble rot, Welch's, Vineyard designated wine, Veraison, Clos, Winemaker, Diurnal temperature variation, Chunche, Grape arbor, Vitis International Variety Catalogue, Grapevine yellows, Grape leaves, T rnave Vineyard, Regional climates levels in viticulture, Lodi Rules, Rtveli, Dealu Mare Vineyard, List of Lepidoptera that feed on grapevines, Global warming and wine, Black leaf, Millerandage, Quintil, Lazy Ballerina. Excerpt: A grape is a non-climacteric fruit, specifically a berry, that grows on the perennial and deciduous woody vines of the genus Vitis. Grapes can be eaten raw or they can be used for making jam, juice, jelly, vinegar, wine, grape seed extracts, raisins, molasses and grape seed oil. Grapes are also used in some kinds of confectionery. Grapes are typically an ellipsoid shape resembling a prolate spheroid. The domestication of purple grapes originated in Central Asia. Yeast, one of the earliest domesticated microorganisms, occurs naturally on the skins of grapes, leading to the innovation of alcoholic drinks such as wine. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics record the cultivation of purple grapes, and history attests to the ancient Greeks, Phoenicians and Romans growing purple grapes for both eating and wine production. Later, the growing of grapes spread to Europe...
