The Wines of the Napa Valley
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Larry Walker covers in detail the history of the Napa Valley - one of the world'smost popular wine-producing regions and gives fully comprehensivedescriptions of the grape varieties, viticultural issues, and winemakingtechniques used in all of the wine areas that make up the Napa Valley. There is atopical discussion on recent developments in the wine industry of this region,with in depth coverage of the environmental and ecological factors that affect thewinemakers and their winemaking decisions and that have contributed to thisregion's turbulent winemaking evolution. The core of the book includes up-todatedetails on the top wine producers and profiles their estates and their wines.There are also two detailed maps of the Napa Valley's wine areas.He recommendsvintages to look out for and describes the factors that affect these.
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- ISBN: 9781845336257
- Author: Larry Walker
- Pub date: 20.12.10
- RRP: $59.99
- Format: Electronic book text
Author
Larry Walker
Larry Walker is based in San Francisco,where he writes on the subjects of wine,food, and travel.He has been writing on the California wine scene for overtwenty-five years and is a highly regarded expert on this area.He is the authoror co-author of seven book on wine and food, including To the Heart of Spain,Tequila:the Book, and The Best of California.He also contributes to many publicationsincluding Wines & Vines,Quarterly Review of Wines,Sunset Publications in the US and WineInternational and Harpers in the UK.