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PublisherUniversity of California Press

ISBN-100520272366

ISBN-139780520272361

eBay Product ID (ePID)117146745

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Book TitleVineyard in Napa

Number of Pages284 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicBeverages / Alcoholic / General, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, History

Publication Year2012

IllustratorYes

GenreCooking

AuthorDoug Shafer

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight20.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-015843

Reviews_This is also the story of the people who came to Napa Valley in the 1970s from many different walks of life, how they and a young industry came of age, overcoming disappointment, avoiding making the same mistakes twice, and facing realities - both economic and environmental - that are humbling and sobering._, "This is also the story of the people who came to Napa Valley in the 1970s from many different walks of life, how they and a young industry came of age, overcoming disappointment, avoiding making the same mistakes twice, and facing realities - both economic and environmental - that are humbling and sobering."-- Wine Spectator, This is also the story of the people who came to Napa Valley in the 1970s from many different walks of life, how they and a young industry came of age, overcoming disappointment, avoiding making the same mistakes twice, and facing realities - both economic and environmental - that are humbling and sobering.

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingA

Dewey Decimal641.22097941

Table Of ContentForeword Acknowledgments Map of Napa Valley, 2012 Prologue 1. John Shafer 2. January 1973 3. A Wine Country Emerges from a Wilderness 4. The Pendulum Swings 5. Arrival--1973 6. Grapes 7. Cabernet 8. Grape Future 9. Alfonso 10. 1976 11. Hillside Cabernet 12. Family Winery 13. Selling Wine 14. Libby 15. New York 16. Chain Saws 17. Napa Vintners 18. Arson 19. Trouble 20. January 1983 21. 1982 Cabernet 22. Other Labels 23. Elias 24. Napa Valley Wine Technical Group 25. The Food- Wine Era 26. Hillside Select 27. The Good, the Bad, and the Very Bad 28. The War of the Apostrophes 29. The AVA 30. The District 31. The Hearing 32. Chardonnay 33. Killer Bugs 34. Sustainability 35. Identity Crisis 36. Down and Up Again 37. Sangio-what? 38. Identity Crisis (This Time It's Personal) 39. Nonstop Nineties 40. Syrah 41. Cults 42. El Niño 43. A New Millennium 44. Going Solar 45. Hospitality 46. Television Gets Real 47. The Internet 48. Points 49. The Downside Postscript: Stags Leap at Last Index

SynopsisAt the age of 47, when he a successful publishing executive and living with his wife and four children in an affluent Chicago suburb, John Shafer made the surprise announcement that he had purchased a vineyard in the Napa Valley. In 1973, he moved his family to California and, with no knowledge of winemaking, began the journey that would lead him, thirty years later, to own and operate what distinguished wine critic Robert M. Parker, Jr. called "one of the world's greatest wineries." This book, narrated by Shafer's son Doug, is a personal account of how his father turned his midlife dream into a remarkable success story. Set against the backdrop of Napa Valley's transformation from a rural backwater in the 1970s through its emergence today as one of the top wine regions in the world, the book begins with the winery's shaky start and takes the reader through the father and son's ongoing battles against killer bugs, cellar disasters, local politics, changing consumer tastes, and the volatility of nature itself. Doug Shafer tells the story of his own education, as well as Shafer Vineyards' innovative efforts to be environmentally sustainable, its role in spearheading the designation of a Stags Leap American Viticultural Area, and how the wine industry has changed in the contemporary era of custom-crushing and hobbyist winery investors.

LC Classification NumberTP557.S53 2012