Napa Valley Chronicles
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Napa Valley Chronicles
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Author : Lauren Coodley
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2013-09-03
Napa Valley Chronicles written by Lauren Coodley and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-03 with History categories.
In 1905, Napa's mayor, J.A. Fuller, announced, "Napa for half a century has been slumbering in a Rip Van Winkle sleep but she has awakened at last." Back then, fifteen cents bought coffee and a donut at the Depot and Sawyer's Tannery made soft leather baseball gloves. In this collection, local author Lauren Coodley reimagines the unvarnished country life of historic Napa Valley through the stories of notables like postmaster Ernest Kincaid, "Napa Register" reporter Phyllis King, firefighter historian Rita Bordwell and Brewster's owners Rachel and Larry Friedman. Trace the region's lasting legacy, from the time when a horse and buggy purchased Browns Valley to the days when art galleries replaced blue-collar businesses and the California grape took center stage from Sunsweet prunes.
Napa
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Author : James Conaway
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2002-10-24
Napa written by James Conaway and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-10-24 with Cooking categories.
The New York Times–bestselling history of the rise of California’s wine country and its most famous vintners—from the author of Napa at Last Light. James Conaway’s remarkable bestseller delves into the heart of California’s lush and verdant Napa Valley, also known as America’s Eden. Long the source of succulent grapes and singular wines, this region is also the setting for the remarkable true saga of the personalities behind the winemaking empires. This is the story of Gallos and Mondavis, of fortunes made and lost, of dynasties and destinies. In this delightful, full-bodied social history, Conaway charts the rise of a new aristocracy and, in so doing, chronicles the collective ripening of the American dream. Napa is a must-read for anyone interested in our country’s obsession with money, land, power, and prestige. “An extraordinary American success story: a pageant of family dramas and blood feuds.” —People “This is more than a ‘wine book’—it is a fascinating and closely reported social history.” —Tracy Kidder
The Napalife Insider S Guide To Napa Valley
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Author : Paul Franson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019-12-23
The Napalife Insider S Guide To Napa Valley written by Paul Franson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-12-23 with categories.
The NapaLife Insider's Guide to Napa Valley is a guide to America's wine heartland by Paul Franson, editor of NapaLife, the Insider's Guide to Napa Valley - for those who live there and those who wish they did. More than a guide, it gives the opinions of a long-time resident and writer who has been writing about Napa Valley from the Insider for more than 20 years.Franson has also written for the Napa Valley Register, Napa Valley Life, Food & Wine, Decanter, Wine Enthusiast, San Francisco Chronicle, Wines & Vines, Wine Business Monthly and many other publications as well as hosting radio programs on Napa Valley.In the NapaLife Insider's Guide to Napa Valley, you'll learn the stories behind the valley and its people and everything from the best views of Napa Valley to why Napa Valley is the unique place it is.
The Far Side Of Eden
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Author : James Conaway
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2015-10-22
The Far Side Of Eden written by James Conaway and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-22 with Business & Economics categories.
In the tradition of his New York Times bestseller, Napa, James Conaway picks up the story he began a decade ago. The Far Side of Eden offers "a fascinating look at the political side of the wine revolution that put California's Napa Valley on the world map" (Miami Herald). Now, Conaway reveals, Napa is awash in dollars generated by the boom economy and the social ambitions it inspired. The valley is beset by new arrivals determined to have vineyards of their own and by cult-wine producers in thrall to fabulously expensive "rocket juice" (cabernet sauvignon) that few locals can afford - while established families wish to hold on to the old ways, and camp followers get caught up in the glamour of it all. Conaway, long known for his controversial, compulsively readable social reporting, here "indicts the wave of new-money millionaires from Silicon Valley, who have brought with them gaudy displays of wealth -- building so-called 'McMansions' and planting 'vanity vineyards'" (Los Angeles Times). "A cautionary tale . . . [with] a seductive pull" (San Francisco Chronicle), The Far Side of Eden takes us to the frontlines of America's ongoing conflicts over money, land, and power to tell a story that has ramifications for us all.
Napa Valley
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Author : Antonia Allegra
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2000-06-01
Napa Valley written by Antonia Allegra and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-01 with Travel categories.
This is an indispensable guide to the Napa Valley, with details on the area's best wineries, up-to-date directions, tasting-room hours, an improved regional map, and information on wine-making and the local vintners.
George C Yount And His Chronicles Of The West
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Author : George Calvert Yount
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
George C Yount And His Chronicles Of The West written by George Calvert Yount and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1966 with Frontier and pioneer life categories.
George Calvert Yount was born 4 May 1794 in Dowden Creek in Burke County, North Carolina. His parents were Jacob Yount and Amarilla or Marillis Killiam. His family moved to Cape Girardeau in 1804. George fought in the War of 1812. He married Eliza Cambridge Wilds in 1818. They and had three children. His wife divorced him in 1830. He was a fur trapper in the Southwest. He settled in Napa Valley, California in 1836. His daughters later joined him in California. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Alsace, North Carolina, Missouri and California.
Napa Valley
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Author : Antonia Allegra
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date : 2004-04-01
Napa Valley written by Antonia Allegra and has been published by Chronicle Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-04-01 with Cooking categories.
Brimming with both magnificent vistas and practical information, Napa Valley is the ultimate guide to a rich region. This new edition is not only fully updated, it includes three marvelous new winery profiles and boasts a fresh interior design -- and a fetching new cover. Whether it's a garden to die for, a tour that tops all the others, spectacular views, or a combination of virtues, these are the places worth seeing, and going back to again and again. Along the way, author Antonia Allegra delivers a lively survey of winemaking and local history and suggests great places to visit. Sidebars give directions, visiting hours, and highlights, and an appendix lists nearly every winery in the area. Illustrated with spectacular full-color photographs on practically every page, Napa Valley is as beautiful as it is informative -- a treasure for those who know Napa Valley as much as for those planning to visit.
Napa Valley
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Author : Antonia Allegra
language : en
Publisher: Chronicle Books (CA)
Release Date : 1993-02-01
Napa Valley written by Antonia Allegra and has been published by Chronicle Books (CA) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993-02-01 with categories.
Napa Valley Then And Now
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Author : Kelli A. White
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-09-24
Napa Valley Then And Now written by Kelli A. White and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-24 with categories.
An in-depth look at the history, wineries, and wines of Napa Valley with a special emphasis on tasting notes of older vintages.
Tangled Vines
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Author : Frances Dinkelspiel
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2015-10-06
Tangled Vines written by Frances Dinkelspiel and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-06 with True Crime categories.
On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately set by a passionate oenophile named Mark Anderson, a skilled con man and thief with storage space at the warehouse who needed to cover his tracks. With a propane torch and a bucket of gasoline-soaked rags, Anderson annihilated entire California vineyard libraries as well as bottles of some of the most sought-after wines in the world. Among the priceless bottles destroyed were 175 bottles of Port and Angelica from one of the oldest vineyards in California made by Frances Dinkelspiel's great-great grandfather, Isaias Hellman, in 1875. Sadly, Mark Anderson was not the first to harm the industry. The history of the California wine trade, dating back to the 19th Century, is a story of vineyards with dark and bloody pasts, tales of rich men, strangling monopolies, the brutal enslavement of vineyard workers and murder. Five of the wine trade murders were associated with Isaias Hellman's vineyard in Rancho Cucamonga beginning with the killing of John Rains who owned the land at the time. He was shot several times, dragged from a wagon and left off the main road for the coyotes to feed on. In her new book, Frances Dinkelspiel looks beneath the casually elegant veneer of California's wine regions to find the obsession, greed and violence lying in wait. Few people sipping a fine California Cabernet can even guess at the Tangled Vines where its life began.