Hi Ron Yes, I know what you mean. The real proper technical books are very expensive. I want something in English, informative, gives reasonable answers to ...

Ray, Can you be a little more specific about what you seek. Are you looking to learn about classical ampelographic methods? Are you looking for a book with...

Hi Mark What I really want is a text book similar, or at least as technical as the Galet book Pactical Ampelography, again, in English. This book is $185 used...

Ray, Sadly, that book has not been written yet. With a collection of books you can approach that, but it is hard if you stay in English. Part of this is that...

Once you can come up with an extensive list of the species names and synonyms, you can find a lot right on the web that describes the species. Of course some...

... Galet's books are very technical and some of the identification methods (ex. angle of veins) is very hard for field identification. I can't reccomend any...

Are we thinking of the same book? Translated by Lucie Morton, ISBN 0-8014-1240-4? I cant believe it's that expensive. Ron...

Hi Ron Yep! The very same book would be a start. Amazon - I can't believe this either - have about 3 sources. It is the Galet book translated by Lucie Morton....

Got to be honest. It's not that good of a book. Telling merlot from cabernet savignon would be easy. others are not and it depends alot on which leaf you pick...

There are two titles available written by world famous ampelographer, Pierre Galet. 1. GRAPE VARIETIES AND ROOTSTOCK VARIETIES Price is $US 121.25. 2....

Hi Tony Many thanks for your input. I will check these two books out. These are certainly half the price of Practical Ampelography by Galet. Regards, Ray...