2012 wine books – manuals, annuals and a novel

This, complete with images from Amazon, is Paul O'Doherty's final instalment of reviews of the wine books published in 2012. For the others, see our guide to 2012 wine book reviews.

View from the Vineyard
A Practical Guild to Sustainable Winegrape Growing
Clifford P Ohmart
Wine Appreciation Guild
£22/$34.95

Setting out the manifesto for sustainability in the vineyard, Ohmart, an entomologist (a student of insects), begins by defining sustainable winegrowing from the evolution of organic farming through to the emergence of sustainable agriculture and the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM). Building his argument, he focuses on sustainable winegrowing...