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NAPA WINE A HISTORY New Revised Edition
Charles L. Sullivan Foreword by Robert Mondavi, Illustrated by Earl Thollander
Charles Sullivan's Napa Wine: A History is the engaging story of the rise to prominence of what many believe to be the greatest winegrowing area in the Western Hemisphere. This new edition completes that picture, bringing to light more than a decade of dramatic changes and shifted norms visited upon the valley from pholoxera-wasted vineyards to High Court-officiated territorial battles, told in a rousing, transportive narrative. Picking up at 1817 with the movement of Spanish Missions
"Sullivan has given us, in gripping detail, a history of wine in the state. Napa Wine makes a rich and exciting contribution to our understanding of who
Americans are – and why." – Gerald Asher, Gourmet Magazine
Wine Literary Award
into the San Francisco Bay Area, Sullivan wends his way through the Great Wine Boom of the late 19th century, the crippling effect of Prohibition, and Napa's rise out of havoc to its eventual rivaling of Bordeaux in the "Judgments" of 1976 and 2006 as a great wine growing region in the world. Published in cooperation with the Napa Valley Wine Library, scholarly attention is given to every detail. The author, called wine's "head sleuth" and "the modern historian of wine in California," visited every historic sight in Napa, compiled hundreds of first-hand accounts from pivotal figures, and dug into original documents and periodicals. Included are historic maps, charts of vineyard ownership, and vintages from the 1880s to the present. Hardcover, 8 x 10 inches, 480 pp, 200 photos & maps, fully indexed. $45.00 SKU: 6686; ISBN: 978-1-891267-07-9 EBook $22.50; ISBN: 978-1-934259-66-5
André Simon Award Foreword Magazine Award
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