Traces the history of California's major vineyards, offers profiles of important winemakers, and discusses technological developments in the art of wine making
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Seller: Kennys Bookstore, Olney, MD, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. 1982. Hardcover. Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW with nicks and small tears. Remains a very good copy. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. Seller Inventory # KMK0006099
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Seller: BIBLIOPE by Calvello Books, Oakland, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Yellow quarto with red spine title; blue yellow and brown pictorial DJ; x, 256 pages: illustrations; 29 cm. Publisher description -- This lively interpretive account, based on careful research into the state's vineyards, vineyardists, wineries, and winemakers, brings you the full flavor of successes and failures, sparked with anecdotes new and old. There are tales of the pioneers and stories about the present giants of the industryContents: Wine of new California. Pueblos and ranchos. Los Angeles, the city of vineyards. The Northern Valleys. The search for better vines. The Santa Clara Valley. "An altar to the god Bacchus". Expansion in the south. Sonoma County. Napa County. The phylloxera and the viticultural commissioners. A war within a war. Alameda County. The San Joaquin Valley. Big wineries. And Asti and Guasti. The California Wine Association. The pre-Prohibition years. Prohibition. Building a new foundation. Getting through the 'thirties. World War II and the distillers. Native sons. The wine explosion. A state of vines. Notes: Includes index. Very good (+) copy, clean tight and bright, unmarked; one small chip to front board bottom edge; DJ is very good (+) to near fine, in mylar. Seller Inventory # 103665