The editor, Dr. Percy H. Dougherty, is Professor Emeritus at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania. He is the founder and first president of the Wine Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers.

Discussion on how the geography of an area has an impact on the type of wine produced in an area and how geographers study wine production

Analysis of the regions in which grapes and wine are produced

Use of new research ranging from the impact of climate change on grape production to the use of remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems in improving the quality of the crop

Overview of the status of wine research in geography and recent research that has been presented through the Wine Specialty Group at the Annual Meetings of the Association of American Geographers

Overview.- 1. Wine and Viticulture: A Geographer's Perspective.- 2. Terroir: At the Heart of Geography.- 3. Geography and the American Viticultural Areas Process, Including a Case Study of Lodi, California.- Regional.- 4. Bordeaux and Burgundy: A Comparison of Two French Wine Regions in Transition.- 5. The Okanagan Wine Region of British Columbia, Canada.- Physical.- 6. The Importance of Soil and Geology in Tasting Terroir; A Case History from the Willamette Valley, Oregon.- 7. Climate, Grapes, and Wine: Structure and Suitability in a Variable and Changing Climate.- Cultural/Economic.- 8. The South African Wine Industry: Meeting the Challenges of Structural and Ethical Transformation.- 9. Competiveness and Sustainability in Wine Tourism Regions: The Application of a Stage Model of Destination Development to Two Canadian Wine Regions.- 10. Northern California through an Economic Geographer's Lens.- 11. The Origin, Diffusion, and Globalization of Riesling.-Techniques.- 12. Remote Sensing for Viticultural Research and Production.- 13. Geospatial Tools and Techniques for Vineyard Management in the 21st Century.- Index.