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"Along The California Wine Trail" is a story about the American viticulture areas of California accompanied by visually stunning paintings that capture the trail's abundant bounty of beautiful scenery. The eloquent and expressive narrative by author and past istant winemaker, Jerry Stroud, compliments the artwork. Jerry explores California's most prosperous American Viticultural Areas: the North Coast AVA, the Sierra Foothills AVA, the Central Coast AVA, the South Coast AVA and the Central Valley. Distinguished by geographic features and defined boundaries, these large wine appellations encomp many smaller appellations, each with their own distinct terroirs that give California gs and wine their unique flavors and aromas. "Along the California Wine Trail" explores the fascinating attributes of these areas, leading the reader along a very unique experience among the vineyards, and terroirs that are influencing wines today. This epic journey reveals the challenges, triumphs, and hards experienced by those past immigrants, and present pioneers who have contributed to the industry's success. Each chapter takes the reader along inland roads, through valleys, over hillsides, and steep coastal ranges where we find ourselves in awe of the vineyards abundance. The book will be illustrated by Kerne Erickson, known throughout the world for his Retro Realism travel paintings, this time he has turned his eyes on his home state of California, and specifically on the intriguing landscapes devoted to viticulture. His previous works traveled the world; this current series travels up and down the state visually stopping at representative AVA's from each region. Several years work has resulted in a collection of original, never before seen or exhibited paintings that capture the visual drama that takes place throughout the state. This is a body of work that celebrates the basic process of planting, growing and surviving on planet earth.