Postmodern Winemaking

Clark Smith is winemaker for Diamond Ridge Vineyards and his own WineSmith Cellars. He consults with hundreds of winemakers, is an Adjunct Professor at Fresno State University and Florida International University, and lectures widely on wine chemistry fundamentals. His Best-of-Appellation evaluations panel at AppellationAmerica.com explores the emerging wine regions of the United States and Canada, and his column "The Postmodern Winemaker" has appeared since 2009 in Wines & Vines magazine. He was awarded the 2016 Innovator of the Year at the Innovation + Quality (IQ) Forum, presented by Wine Business Monthly.

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPART ONE. PRINCIPLES1 The Solution Problem2 Creating the Conditions for Graceful Aging3 Building Structure: The Basic Tool Kit4 The Seven Functions of Oak5 Vineyard Enology: The Power of Showing Up6 The Vicinal Diphenol Cascade: Red Wine’sDefi ning Reaction7 Redox Redux: Measuring Wine’s OxygenUptake Capacity8 Speculations on Minerality9 Winemaking at High pH10 Integrated Brettanomyces Management11 Harmony and Astringency: Nice and RoughPART TWO. PRACTICES12 Winemaking’s Lunatic Heroes13 Gideon Beinstock’s Mountain Magic:Handling Extreme Terroir14 Randall Grahm: California Dreamer in Search ofthe Miraculous15 Bob Wample: Thinking Like a GrapePART THREE. TECHNOLOGY16 Pressing Matters: A Postmodern Tale17 Some Like It Hot18 The New Filtrations: Winemaking’s Power Tools19 Flash Détente: Winemaking Game ChangerPART FOUR. PHILOSOPHY20 Spoofulated or Artisanal?21 Science and Biodynamics: The Limits of Rationalism22 Natural Wine Nonsense23 Yeast Inoculation: Threat or Menace?24 New World Identity and Judging Reform25 Liquid Music: Resonance in WineAppendix 1. Winemaking BasicsAppendix 2. Navigating the Postmodern CalendarNotesGlossary of Postmodern TerminologyIndexAbout the Author

"This is a brave book, fusing data, experience and intuition in a way that scientists rarely attempt... It's a significant and much-needed contribution to the literature of winemaking." 2013 BOOK OF THE YEAR Wine & Spirits Magazine "Smith is nothing if not genuine in his curiosity about the appropriate uses of science in the cellar." San Francisco Chronicle "Fascinating... His book is a tool for winemakers and a sinewy bone on which to gnaw for wine geeks." The Daily Meal "Top 10 Wine Books of 2013: Clark Smith has written the most interesting and eclectic wine book in years. Smith has a rich and swirling mind that is on display in this both technical and philosophical treaties on modern winemaking the issues that have been pushed to the fore through innovation." Tom Wark's Fermentation "Wine savvy comes easy for Clark Smith, who's the smartest guy in most of the rooms he inhabits... His 'Postmodern Winemaking: Rethinking the Modern Science of an Ancient Craft' is a thoughtful and thought-provoking look at the 'bones' of wine - structure, acidity, tannins, minerality - and how postmodern winemaking can help the industry build upon these attributes. Thus, it's a great gift for a wine geek or a science geek or a business geek." Minneapolis Star Tribune "A detailed, accessible portrait of what it takes to be a professional, successful winemaker." Newsday