The world of Niagara wine
Title:
The world of Niagara wine
Author:
Ripmeester, Michael R. (Michael Robert), 1962- author, editor of compilation.
ISBN:
9781554584055
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xxiv, 353 pages) : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour), portraits (some colour)
Series:
Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
General Note:
Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library. Canadian publishers collection.
Contents:
Introduction: The World of Niagara Wine / Michael Ripmeester, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, and Christopher Fullerton -- Section One: Niagara Wines Decanted. 1 The Early History of Grapes and Wine in Niagara / Alun Hughes -- 2 Niagara Wine and the Influence of Government Regulation, 1850s to 1944 / Dan Malleck -- 3 The Growing Place of Wine in the Economic Development of the Niagara Region / Christopher Fullerton --
Section Two: Business and Bottles. 4 The History of the vqa / Linda Bramble -- 5 Ontario Wines in the Marketplace / Astrid Brummer -- 6 The Ontario Wine Industry: Moving Forward / Maxim Voronov, Dirk De Clercq, and Narongsak Thongpapanl -- 7 The Hands behind the Harvest: Migrant Workers in Niagara's Wine Industry / Janet McLaughlin --
Section Three: The Vineyard to the Bottle. 8 The Use of Geospatial Technologies for Improved Vineyard Management Decisions in the Niagara Region / Marilyne Jollineau and Victoria Fast -- 9 The Niagara Peninsula Appellation: A Climatic Analysis of Canada's Largest Wine Region / Anthony B. Shaw -- 10 The Wine-Producing Soils of Niagara / Daryl Dagesse -- 11 Viticultural Practices and Their Effects on Grape and Wine Quality / Andrew G. Reynolds -- 12 Wine Tasting / Ronald S. Jackson -- 13 Vintning on Thin Ice: The Making of Canada's Iconic Dessert Wine / Gary Pickering and Debbie Inglis --
Section Four: A Cultural Perspective on Niagara Wines. 14 New Wine in Old Wineskins: Marketing Wine as Agricultural Heritage / Michael Ripmeester and Russell Johnston -- 15 Constructing Authenticity: Architecture and Landscape in Niagara's Wineries / Nick Baxter-Moore and Caroline Charest -- 16 Wine and Culinary Tourism in Niagara / David J. Telfer and Atsuko Hashimoto -- 17 Conflict in the Niagara Countryside: Securing the Land Base for the Wine Industry / Hugh J. Gayler -- 18 The Niagara Wine Festival's Grande Parade: The Public Geography of a "Grape and Wine" Controversy / Phillip Gordon Mackintosh - Afterword / Tony Aspler.
Abstract:
A transdisciplinary exploration of the Niagara wine industry. It explores the history and regulation of wine production as well as its contemporary economic significance. It examines the social and cultural ramifications of Niagara's reliance on grapes and wine as an economic motor for the region.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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