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Textbooks/Course Materials

Enrolled in a VESTA Course and wondering if you need a text?  Here is a list of the VESTA courses and the texts required.  When searching for places to purchase your textbooks, consider trying www.cheap-textbooks.com  Type in the ISBN number (no dashes) and click GET PRICES.  A number of options will appear.  We have also recommended some purchase options for you below.

VITICULTURE

Course Code Text Cost Supplier
VIN 111

Required Texts

Winter Injury to Grapevines and Methods of Protection. T.J. Zabadal et al., Michigan State Univ. Extension Bulletin E2930, June 2007.

 

Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America. T.K. Wolf, Natual Resource, Agriculture & Engineering Service (NRAES)Cooperative Extension, 2008.  ISBN 13-978-1-933395-12-8

 

The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture. L. Rombough, Chelsea Green Publishing Co., 2002. ISBN 1-890132-82-9

 

From Vines to Wines. Cox, Jeff; Canada, Storey Books, (1999). ISBN# 1580171052

 

Sunlight into wine, Smart, Richard & Robinson, Mike, Adelaide, Australia:  Winetitles, (2003).

 

 

$15.00

 

 

 

$75.00

 

 

$23.10 (new)

 

 

$12.89

 

 

$40.00

 

 

 

 

 http://www.emdc.msue.msu.edu/viewitem.cfm?INVKEY=E2930

 

 

 

http://www.nraes.org

 

 

 

Amazon.com

 

 

Amazon.com

 

 

http://practicalwinery.com/bookshelf.htm

 

 

VIN 113

Suggested Text (text not required only suggested for reference)

Viticulture, Volume 2 Practices., edited by B.G. Coombe and P.R. Dry; publisher WineTitles Adelaide 1992 (last reprint 1998).

$50.00 U C Davis Bookstore
VIN 114

Required Text- No Text Required

Highly Recommended Text:

Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America. 2008. Wolf, T.K. Natural Resource, Agriculture & Engineering Service (NRAES) Cooperative Extension. ISBN: 13-978-1-933395-12-8

$75.00 http://www.nraes.org
VIN 115

Required Text

Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America. 2008. Wolf, T.K. Natural Resource, Agriculture & Engineering Service (NRAES) Cooperative Extension. ISBN: 13-978-1-933395-12-8

 

Viticulture, Volume 2: Practices. 1992 (last reprint 1998). edited by B.G. Coombe and P.R. Driy. Winetitles. ISBN: 13-978-1875130016.

 

Sunlight into wine, Smart, Richard & Robinson, Mike, Adelaide, Australia:  Winetitles, (2003).

 

Micro Vinification. 2001. Dharmadhikari, M.R., and K.L. Wilker. Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station. ISBN: 13-978-0970797100.

 

$75.00

 

 

$50.00

 

 

$40.00

 

$30

 

 

 

http://www.nraes.org

 

 

U C Davis Bookstore

 

 

http://practicalwinery.com/bookshelf.htm

 

 

MSU - Mtn. Grove Research Station

 

VIN 211

Required Text

Midwest Commercial Small Fruit and Grape Spray Guide

 

 

Growing Grapes in Missouri

$5.00

Downloaded in PDF form

 

$0.00 Available as a bound copy or as downloadable PDF

MSU - Mtn. Grove Research Station

http://www.hort.purdue.edu/hort/ext/sfg

http://mtngrv.missouristate.edu/Publications/GGIMpub.htm 

 

VIN 213

Required Text

Winter Injury to Grapevines and Methods of Protection
Extension Bulleting E2930 June 2007
Michigan State University Extension
 

Wine Grape Production Guide for Eastern North America
NRAES Cooperative Extension
Editor Tony K. Wolf, Virginia Tech

 

Suggested Text (text not required only suggested for reference)

Weeds of the North Central States

published by University of Illinois

 

$15.00

 

 

$75

 

 

 

Downloadable PDF

 

http://www.msue.msu.edu

or as a PDF from

http://web2.msue.msu.edu/bulletins/Bulletin/PDF/E2930.pdf

 

 

http://www.nraes.org

 

http://www.extension.uiuc.edu/~vista/abstracts/aWEEDS.html

VIN 293

Required Texts

Understanding Vineyard Soils
White, Robert E.
Oxford University Press

Edition 1

ISBN# 0-19-531125-6

 

Soil Fertility Manual
(W/O Binder)

ISBN 505100

Used and New from $39.95

 

 

New from $25

Amazon.com

 

 

http://www.store.yahoo.com/ppi-store/soilferman.html

ENOLOGY

Course Code Text Cost Supplier
VIN 105

Required Texts

Fundamentals of Chemistry Burns, 4th Ed., ISBN 9780130337191

 

CHM 105-106 CD Telecourse w/jewel case . ISBN 9789970173600

 

 $117.15

 

 

 

 

 Amazon.com

 

 CD-Rom versions may be purchased from the VESTA office or from the Missouri State Bookstore.

Online versions may be viewed through iTunes

VIN 146

Required Texts

Micro Vinification, Dharmadhikari and Wilker

 

Techniques in Home Winemaking, Pambianchi. 2008.Vehicule press. ISBN 9781550652369

 

Wine Making Kit  with ingredients.

click here for Ordering Information

 

Recommended Reference

Fermentation Handbook. Scott Laboratories.2010. This is a free publication that can be downloaded from Scott Laboratories.

New - $30

 

Used - $8.33

New - $14.93

 

 

$119.99

 

 

 

 

MSU - Mtn. Grove Research Station

 

Amazon.com

 

 

http://www.letsdowine.com/school.html

 

 

www.scottlaboratories.com (click on the "Fermentation Handbook" icon from the home page.)

VIN 148

Required Texts

Principles of Food Sanitation (Food Science Texts Series). Norman G. Marriott and Robert B. Gravani. 5th Edition, 2006

$57.33 Amazon.com
VIN 160

Recommended Reference

Winery Utilities Planning, Design and Operation. David R. Storm., Chapman and Hall. New York. 1997

Used $118.49 Amazon.com
VIN 210

Required Text

Wine Microbiology: Practical Applications and Procedures. Kenneth Fugelsang,  Charles G. Edwards. 2nd Ed. 2007.

ISBN 0-387-33341-X

$79.11 Amazon.com
VIN 246

Required Text

Wine Analysis and Production Zoecklein, Fugelsang, Gump and Nury. 1999.

ISBN 0-412-98921-2

 

Recommended Reference

Principles and Practices of Winemaking,  by Boulton, Singleton, Bisson, Kunkee, 1996. ISBN 0-412-06411-1

New $141.75

Used $105.74

 

 

New $150.44

Used $120

Amazon.com

 

Amazon.com

VIN 257 No Text Required
VIN 259 No Text Required
VIN 266

Required Text

The University Wine Course: A Comprehensive Text and Self Tutorial, by Baldy. ISBN 0-932664-69-5

$21.10 Amazon.com
VIN 268

Required DVD

Basic Wine Analysis (DVD)

 Rey, K.

 

A typical Quantitative Analysis Text

 

  $25

 

MSU-Mtn. Grove Research Station

VIN 270

Required Text

1.  Wine Marketing and Sales: Success Strategies for a Saturated Market by Paul Wagner, Janeen Olsen and Liz Thach. 2007.

2.  "The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile applications and Viral marketing to Reach Buyers Directly. 3rd Edition by David Meerman Scott, 2011.

Recommended Supplemental Book:

1.  Customer Service, New Rules for a Social Media World by Peter Shankman.  2010.

 

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VIN 272

Required Text

• Zingerman’s Guide to Giving Great Service: Treating you Customers Like Royalty by Ari Weinzweig. 2004.

• New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Blogs, News Releases, Online Video and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly by David Merman Scott. 3rd edition, 2011.

Recommended Supplemental Books:

•  Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable by Seth Godin. 2009.

• The 12 Week Year: Achieve More in the Next 12 Weeks than Most Will Achieve in 12 Months by Brian Moran. 2009.

• Personality Plus by Florence Littauer. 1992.

• How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. 2009.


 

Amazon.com

 

VIN 274 No text required