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Tasting the good life : wine tourism in the Napa Valley

Title: Tasting the good life : wine tourism in the Napa Valley / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.
Author: Gmelch, George.
Publication: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

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Additional Authors

Gmelch, Sharon.

Description

viii, 276 p., [20] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map (chiefly col.); 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Wine tourism in the Napa Valley

Subjects

Wine and wine making > California > Napa Valley
Wine tasting > California > Napa Valley
Anthropology
Wine tourism > California > Napa Valley

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.

Contents

Introduction : Tasting the good life -- 1. The Napa Valley -- a brief history -- 2. The tourism of taste -- 3. Consuming place : Napa's culinary Terroir -- 4. From vine to wine : Vineyard foreman / Juan Martinez ; Vineyard manager / Jim Lincoln ; Winemaker / Pam Starr -- 5. Touring and tasting : Wine educator / Ellen Flora ; Tasting room consultant / Craig Root ; Tasting room server / Jim McCullough ; Salonnier / Shawn Larue ; Wine tour guide / Don Partier -- 6. Food and fine dining : The French laundry / Chef Thomas Keller ; The front of the house / Salvador Aguilara and Josefina Gonzales ; Napa Valley cooking school / Chef Barbar Alexander ; From back to front of the house / Edgar Bonilla -- 7. Napa's other pleasures : Wine train / Melodie Hilton ; Massage / Claude Smith ; Hot air ballooning / Joyce Bowen ; Bike tours ; Brad Dropping ; Art gallery / Paul Thoren -- 8. Tourism, quality of life, and the future of Napa -- Glossary.

Call Number

JFE 13-7365

ISBN

9780253356444 (cloth : alk. paper)
025335644X (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253223272 (pbk. : alk. paper)
025322327X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2010047691

OCLC

670482474

Author

Gmelch, George.

Title

Tasting the good life : wine tourism in the Napa Valley / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch.

Imprint

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2011.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-270) and index.

Added Author

Gmelch, Sharon.

Research Call Number

JFE 13-7365

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