On California: From Napa to Nebbiolo… Wine Tales from the Golden State

Includes:
- California wine and the future: where will the ‘California spirit’ lead next?
- The ‘Hollywood Grape’: our authors chart the path of Cabernet Sauvignon, from the wish-list of Thomas Jefferson to the hallowed hillsides of Stag’s Leap and Screaming Eagle
- 1976? Of course it was a competition! Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher look back at the motivations behind the famous Paris wine tasting
- Top New York sommelier Victoria James tells of her near-death introduction to the whacky world of winemaking in Sonoma
- Will the real Zinfandel please stand up? Paul Draper seeks out the true heritage of California’s versatile orphan grape
- 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
- Hugh Johnson, Jane Anson and Fiona Morrison MW introduce California’s intrepid wine pioneers
- Rex Pickett’s Sideways heroes, Jack and Miles, clink glasses over the Central Coast’s finest Pinot Noir
- A–Z: from ‘Bob’ Mondavi to Xylem sap-sensors and pink Zinfandel – California wine in bite-size