"The Basis of Grape Standardization" is a 1925 treatise by English-born
American vintner Frederic Theodore Bioletti (1865 - 1939). Bioletti
studied at the University of California, Berkeley from 1889 to 1900,
where he worked with prominent soil scientist Professor E.W. Hilgard.
His work with Hilgard on the fermentation of wines under different
conditions were significant in helping California vintners to refine
their wine production practices and improving the resulting wines.
Bioletti was the first chair of the Department of Viticulture and
Enology and founded the grape breeding program at the University of
California Agricultural Experiment Station. This vintage volume will
appeal to those with an interest in American winemaking, and it would
make for a worthy addition to collections of allied literature. Contents
include: "The Object of Standardization", "The Nature of
Standardization", "Inclusion of Bad and Poor Samples and Exclusion of
Good with Various Balling Degree Standards", "Indicated Minimum
Standard", "Discussion", "Balling, Colour and Quality in Tokay Samples",
"Influence of Variety, Locality, and Season on the Correlation of
Balling Degree and Quality", etc. Many vintage books such as this are
becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this
volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with
a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.
