Pinot Pioneers: Tales of Determination and Perseverance ..., Whangarei in Whangarei, Northland for sale

No signatures. 143 pages + plates. Page dimensions: 209 x 138mm. Pinot wine production in Central Otago, New Zealand."Pinot Pioneers is the story of what the region's early growers and winmakers had to contend with to make it happen. Adapting to the perils of the weather, these pioneer grape growers fought devastating late spring frosts and voracious rabbits, and turned the arid and rocky landscape into green vineyards. They used anything they could to protect their grapes from pests. Some trampled the harvest till their feet bled, tried filtering the juice through women's knickers, covered tanks with electric blankets to start fermentation, and borrowed bottles and corks form a nearby y's rapidly growing pinot noir industry in the region is a testament to theri ingenuity, their improvisation, their determination and perservance and just sheer hard work."; 227, [1] pages + colour plates. Page dimensions: 230 x 149mm."We've been sold the idea that New Zealand has the best fisheries management in the world. This book sorts through the myths from the realities and finds that such an accolade belongs to only part of our fishery. And then who cares, if the global fishery scene is so dire that it poses a threat to the ocean's biodiversity and hence the ability of that ecosystem then having part of New Zealand's fishery managed according to best practice, seems a little irrelevant. Like climate change the state of the global fishery is a global issue. The book begins by giving some context of how oceans work, and all the different factors that combine to produce a good fishing spot. It then looks at all of the impacts humankind have on the ocean in addition to fishing, which together threaten the ocean's delicate balance. With that in mind we move on to fishing and find that, left unchecked, fishing is a classic Tragedy of the Commons which ultimately leads to too many fishers, mortgaged to the eyeballs with too much gear, chasing too few fish. It's an economic and ecological disaster that has been repeated all around the world and even here in New Zealand."; 8vo
Pinot Pioneers: Tales of Determination and Perseverance from Central Otago (Books)
Author
Ric Oram
Title
Pinot Pioneers: Tales of Determination and Perseverance from Central Otago
Publisher name
New Holland (2004), Auckland
Shipping time
2 - 5 days
Publication year
2004
Edition
First edition
Binding type
Soft cover
Listing condition
Used
Vendor name
Renaissance Books
Vendor rating
Topic
Cooking, General
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