Viticulture & Enology

Originally from France, Malbec found its perfect home, its perfect terroir in the dry Argentine climate. Its booming popularity has swept through the US and the world, reviving a varietal that has been nearly lost. Documenting how an inexpensive blend originally only intended for local demand rose to become an international star.

Traces developments from very ancient times to the present in man's control of the fermenting of grape juice. Mentions some of the technological advances and persons who had significant influences in wine making.

This program explores Thomas Jefferson's love of fine wines and his efforts to introduce the wine culture to the United States.

This video tells the complete story of the Gallo brothers and the large winery they created.

Jeanette Smith shows how grapes are pruned, with particular reference to grapes on Long Island, N.Y.

This video explores how grape growers protect soil and water quality in the Finger Lakes Region.

A tale of two intertwined stories: the Virginia wine industry's rise from humble beginnings and the creation of the state's 2008 vintage. Explores the factors that make Virginia unique amongst the wine producing regions of the United States and why, two hundred years after Thomas Jefferson's attempts to cultivate grapes at Monticello, the region is flourishing as a producer of quality wine.

Explore the technical side and changing world of wine. Visit wineries, the worlds' most historic wine cellar and the oldest restaurant in Paris. Marvel at widespread global production and consumption that were unthinkable just twenty years ago. And learn how aerial imaging and infrared photography once used by NASA to map the moon is now employed by wineries to analyze soil, vine vigor, and even disease.

Don't know enough about wine? Would you like to know more? This entertaining and informative DVD makes learning about wine easy and fun. Covers tasting, purchasing, and pairing wine with food.

Meet Chardonnay, the ugly duckling of the wine family. Wine educator Mark Davidson examines this fascinating blend and the reasons behind why it sometimes gets such a bad rap in the world of wines.

Learn how the balance of barrels, British Columbia, and Bordeaux blends can create Meritage, a complex, food-friendly wine that is easy on the palette and the pocketbook.

Discover how grapes that are the most difficult to grow can produce wines that are not only food-friendly, but good for you.

Gain a new understanding of Australian Shiraz while you uncover the value in a country that has some of the oldest vines on the planet.