{"id":29366,"date":"2021-08-17T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T17:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/on-california\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T04:51:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T04:51:54","slug":"on-california","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.accartbooks.com\/us\/book\/on-california\/","title":{"rendered":"On California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>&#8220;A standout among the drink books published this year, which ought to be on the Christmas list of every wine lover, even if they don&#8217;t think they have much interest in American wine.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;&mdash;<strong>Victoria Moore, The Telegraph<\/strong><em><br \/>\n&#8220;This is a book for novices and geeks interested in the significance of California through America&rsquo;s wine history, from the swashbuckling era of Agoston Haraszthy through modern Napa&rsquo;s cult cabernets and today&rsquo;s despair over wildfires and drought.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;&mdash;<strong>David McIntyre, Washington Post<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;New York Times picks On California for their &#8220;This Year&rsquo;s Best Wine Books&#8221;: &#8220;. Its short selections from nearly three dozen writers offer impressionistic, thought-provoking views of the state and its winemaking history.&#8221;<\/em>&mdash;<strong>New York Times<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;There is something for everyone here.&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;&mdash;<strong>Sommelier India<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>On California<\/em><\/strong> explores the grapes and the people who have made California wine great. The pioneers, the boffins, the whizz-kids and scientists, many of whom tell their stories on its pages &ndash; some in precious archive material, others have set down their thoughts mid-pandemic in 2021: Randall Grahm, Gerald Asher, Steven Spurrier, Paul Draper and Warren Winiarski take a bow&hellip;.<\/p>\n<p>Includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>California wine and the future: where will the &lsquo;California spirit&rsquo; lead next?<\/li>\n<li>The &lsquo;Hollywood Grape&rsquo;: our authors chart the path of Cabernet Sauvignon, from the wish-list of Thomas Jefferson to the hallowed hillsides of Stag&rsquo;s Leap and Screaming Eagle<\/li>\n<li>1976? Of course it was a competition! Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher look back at the motivations behind the famous Paris wine tasting<\/li>\n<li>Top New York sommelier Victoria James tells of her near-death introduction to the whacky world of winemaking in Sonoma<\/li>\n<li>Will the real Zinfandel please stand up? Paul Draper seeks out the true heritage of California&rsquo;s versatile orphan grape<\/li>\n<li>Contributions from top California writers: Elaine Chukan Brown, Mary Margaret McCamic MW, Karen MacNeil, Esther Mobley, Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, Liz Thach MW, Clare Tooley MW, and Kelli White<\/li>\n<li>Hugh Johnson, Jane Anson and Fiona Morrison MW introduce California&rsquo;s intrepid wine pioneers<\/li>\n<li>Rex Pickett&rsquo;s Sideways heroes, Jack and Miles, clink glasses over the Central Coast&rsquo;s finest Pinot Noir<\/li>\n<li>A&ndash;Z: from &lsquo;Bob&rsquo; Mondavi to Xylem sap-sensors and pink Zinfandel &ndash; California wine in bite-size<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On California explores this world-class wine region with some of the most respected writers to have written about it. 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