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The Valley of Heart's Delight
9781467151474
Regular price $21.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%The Santa Clara Valley, with its rich soil and sunny weather, has been home to great diversity and great innovation long before it became known as Silicon Valley.
California’s first immigrants from Mexico were astonished by its beauty. “The land is moist and the hills have an abundance of rosemary and herbs, sunflowers in bloom, vines as plentiful as a vineyard,” wrote one. From the movie stars of Hollywood’s golden era who once came to play to billionaires who grew apricots for pleasure, the valley has hosted orchards, electric railroads, Army camps and even a love-struck poet.
Join author and historian Robin Chapman as she uncovers the true tales of this ever-changing place.
Rise of Napa Valley Wineries, The
9781467151856
Regular price $23.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 248): Computation results in '-Infinity'%A wine country odyssey.
In 1976, the picturesque, agrarian Napa Valley was all but unknown to those who didn’t live there. That changed dramatically when Steven Spurrier and Patricia Gallagher decided to host a blind tasting of American and French wines in Paris. When wines from California defeated those of France, the world was shocked, an industry reawakened, and Napa Valley exploded in a frenzy of growth and development. Families who had farmed for generations battled to hang onto their land, and many paid a steep price as the area transformed into one of the world’s premier wine-growing regions.
Join author Mark Gudgel as he explores the trials and tribulations of Napa’s meteoric rise to prominence.
