The World of Niagara Wine is a transdisciplinary exploration of the Niagara wine industry. In the first section, contributors explore the history and regulation of wine production as well as its contemporary economic significance. The second section focuses on the entrepreneurship behind and the promotion and marketing of Niagara wines. The third introduces readers to the science of grape growing, wine tasting, and wine production, and the final section examines the social and cultural ramifications of Niagara's increasing reliance on grapes and wine as an economic motor for the region.
The original research in this book celebrates and critiques the local wine industry and situates it in a complex web of Old World traditions and New World reliance on technology, science, and taste as well as global processes and local sociocultural reactions. Preface by Konrad Ejbich.
Edited by:
Michael Ripmeester,
Phillip Gordon Mackintosh,
Christopher Fullerton
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Country of Publication: Canada
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 19mm
Weight: 565g
ISBN: 9781554583607
ISBN 10: 1554583608
Pages: 295
Publication Date: 30 August 2013
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
"The World of Niagara Wine, edited by Michael Ripmeester, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh Map of the Niagara Region and Its Wineries Foreword Konrad Ejbich (CBC Radio) Acknowledgements Introduction: The World of Niagara Wine Michael Ripmeester, Phillip Gordon Mackintosh, and Christopher Fullerton Section 1: Niagara Wines Decanted 1 The Early History of Grapes and Wine in Niagara Alun Hughes 2 Niagara Wine and the Influence of the Government Regulation, 1850s to 1944 Dan Malleck 3 The Growing Place of Wine in the Economic Development of the Niagara Region Christopher Fullerton Section 2: 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 3: 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 4: 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 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 Contributors Index"
Michael Ripmeester is in the Department of Geography at Brock University. Phillip Gordon Mackintosh is a faculty member in the Department of Geography at Brock University. Christopher Fullerton is a faculty member in the Department of Geography at Brock University.
Reviews for The World of Niagara Wine
What sets The World of Niagara Wine apart is its voice and its perspective. It is authored by a group of deeply curious academics who have an abiding passion for wine and for all that happens in the Niagara Peninsula. This book is the fruit, so to speak, of their labour of love.... Leafing once again through the manuscript to write these words, I feel as if I'm sitting in on a roundtable discussion with a group of like-minded folks, all talking about wines while sipping some. In fact, I recommend the same for you. Get yourself a glass of something local before curling up with this book to listen in on the conversation. --Konrad Ejbich, from the preface
