Bottled Poetry: Napa Winemaking from Prohibition to the Modern Era - Rilegato

Lapsley, James T.

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ISBN 10: 0520202724 ISBN 13: 9780520202726

Casa editrice: Univ of California Pr, 1997

Riassunto

California's Napa Valley is one of the world's premier wine regions today, but this has not always been true. James Lapsley's entertaining history explains how a collective vision of excellence among winemakers and a keen sense of promotion transformed the region and its wines following the repeal of Prohibition. Focusing primarily on the formative years of Napa's fine winemaking, 1934 to 1967, Lapsley then concludes with a chapter on the wine boom of the 1970s, placing it in a social context and explaining the role of Napa vineyards in the beverage's growing popularity.

Names familiar to wine drinkers occur throughout these pagesBeaulieu, Beringer, Charles Krug, Christian Brothers, Louis Martini, Inglenookand the colorful stories behind the names give this book a personal dimension. These strong-willed, competitive winemakers found ways to work cooperatively, both in sharing knowledge and technology and in promoting their region. The result was an unprecedented improvement in wine quality that brought with it a new reputation for the Napa Valley.

In The Silverado Squatters, Robert Louis Stevenson refers to wine as "bottled poetry," and although Stevenson's reference was to the elite vineyards of France, his words are appropriate for Napa wines today. Their success, as Lapsley makes clear, is due to much more than the beneficence of sun and soil. Craft, vision, and determination have played a part too, and for that, wine drinkers the world over are grateful.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

James T. Lapsley is Continuing Education Specialist with University Extension, University of California, Davis.

Product Description:

Book by Lapsley James T

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Univ of California Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0520202724
• ISBN 13: 9780520202726
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 296