Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines: Soil Management for Productive Vineyards

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Healthy Soils for Healthy Vines provides a clear understanding of vineyard soils and how to manage and improve soil health for best vineyard performance. It covers the inherent and dynamic properties of soil health, how to choose which soil properties to monitor, how to monitor soil and vine performance, and how vineyard management practices affect soil health, fruit composition and wine sensory characters. It also covers the basic tenets of sustainable winegrowing and their significance for business resilience in the face of a changing climate. This book will be of practical value to anyone growing grapevines, managing a vineyard or making wine, from the small individual grower to the large wine company employee. It will be of special interest to winegrowers employing organic, natural or biodynamic methods of production, where the primary focus is on the biological health of the soil. Winner, PRIX de lOIV 2021, OIV AWARD 2021 in the category Vitiviniculture Durable Sustainable Vitiviniculture

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Robert White is an Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne and author of Principles and Practice of Soil Science, 4th edn, Soils for Fine Wines and Understanding Vineyard Soils, 2nd edn. With wide experience in soil, water and nutrient management in Australia, USA, UK, New Zealand, China and southern Africa, he consults to the wine industry and provides scientific advice on soil management to the Australian Wine Research Institute. He has received several awards for his research and scholarship and is an honorary life member of the International Union of Soil Sciences.

Mark Krstic is a researcher with over 23 years experience in the wine industry. Mark is Business Development Manager at the Australian Wine Research Institute and is active in research on climate change impacts, understanding the grape to wine quality continuum and supporting industry education. Mark has previously worked for the Grape and Wine Research and Development Corporation, the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and CSIRO. Mark is also a past President of the Australian Society of Viticulture and Oenology.