The Geography of Wine : Regions, Terroir and Techniques - Dougherty, Percy H.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012)
Overview -- 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.
Keywords: Physical geography; Nature; Environment; Geology; Soil science; Soil conservation; Agriculture; Physical Geography; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Geology; Soil Science & Conservation; Agriculture