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100 1 _aDougherty, Percy H.
_eeditor.
245 1 4 _aThe Geography of Wine
_h[electronic resource] :
_bRegions, Terroir and Techniques /
_cedited by Percy H. Dougherty.
264 1 _aDordrecht :
_bSpringer Netherlands,
_c2012.
300 _aXII, 255p. 88 illus., 74 illus. in color.
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505 0 _aOverview -- 1. Wine and Viticulture: A Geographer’s Perspective -- 2. Terroir: At the Heart of Geography -- 3. Geography and the American Viticultural Areas Process, Including a Case Study of Lodi, California -- Regional -- 4. Bordeaux and Burgundy: A Comparison of Two French Wine Regions in Transition -- 5. The Okanagan Wine Region of British Columbia, Canada -- Physical -- 6. The Importance of Soil and Geology in Tasting Terroir; A Case History from the Willamette Valley, Oregon -- 7. Climate, Grapes, and Wine: Structure and Suitability in a Variable and Changing Climate -- Cultural/Economic -- 8. The South African Wine Industry: Meeting the Challenges of Structural and Ethical Transformation -- 9. Competiveness and Sustainability in Wine Tourism Regions: The Application of a Stage Model of Destination Development to Two Canadian Wine Regions -- 10. Northern California through an Economic Geographer’s Lens -- 11. The Origin, Diffusion, and Globalization of Riesling -- Techniques -- 12. Remote Sensing for Viticultural Research and Production -- 13. Geospatial Tools and Techniques for Vineyard Management in the 21st Century -- Index.
520 _aWine has been described as a window into places, cultures and times. Geographers have studied wine since the time of the early Greeks and Romans, when viticulturalists realized that the same grape grown in different geographic regions produced wine with differing olfactory and taste characteristics. This book, based on research presented to the Wine Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers, shows just how far the relationship has come since the time of Bacchus and Dionysus. Geographers have technical input into the wine industry, with exciting new research tackling subjects such as the impact of climate change on grape production, to the use of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems for improving the quality of crops. This book explores the interdisciplinary connections  and science behind world viticulture. Chapters cover a wide range of topics from the way in which landforms and soil affect wine production, to the climatic aberration of the Niagara wine industry, to the social and structural challenges in reshaping the South African wine industry after the fall of apartheid. The fundamentals are detailed too, with a comparative analysis of Bordeaux and Burgundy, and chapters on the geography of wine and the meaning of the term ‘terroir’. The editor, Dr. Percy H. Dougherty, is Professor Emeritus at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He is the founder and first president of the Wine Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers. Keywords: viticulture, terroir, climate change, remote sensing, wine
650 0 _aGeography.
650 0 _aGeology.
650 0 _aPhysical geography.
650 0 _aAgriculture.
650 0 _aLife sciences.
650 0 _aSoil conservation.
650 1 4 _aGeography.
650 2 4 _aPhysical Geography.
650 2 4 _aPopular Science in Nature and Environment.
650 2 4 _aGeology.
650 2 4 _aSoil Science & Conservation.
650 2 4 _aAgriculture.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
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776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
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856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0464-0
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