I love this book: it's brave, provocative, and fun. Smith has a writing style that's engaging and that enlivens what would otherwise risk being indigestible wine science. This is a significant contribution to the literature on winemaking. Jamie Goode, author of The Science of Wine and coauthor of Authentic Wine In this masterful, insightful, and practical work, Clark Smith provides shape, focus, and comprehension to a wide array of wine processes that complement art and science. A must-read for all in the industry.> An engaging, frequently controversial, but always thoughtful treatise that delves into the complexity of philosophical choices and new technologies that are now part of every winemaker's existence in a world where consilience of art and science is frequently needed.> With the inordinate amount of competition in the modern wine business, winemakers need to equip themselves with a deeper, essentially philosophical view of where complexity and greatness in wine truly resides. This book is a great contribution to that discussion. Randall Grahm, founder of Bonny Doon Vineyard and author of Been Doon So Long
