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Crush : the triumph of California wine / John Briscoe.

Summary:

Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. A dream dashed four times in merciless succession until it was ultimately realized in a stunning blind tasting in Paris.

Record details

ISBN: 9781647790684
Physical Description: xviii, 347 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: Reno : University of Nevada Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I. Beginnings-Mission Vines, Vignes, and Buena Vista: Chapter One. Early California, the Missions, and Their Eponymous (and Tasteless) Grape: 1769-1833 -- Chapter Two. "City of Vineyards"-Commercial Winemaking Takes Root in Southern California: 1790s-1890s -- Chapter Three. Northern California-The Gold Rush, Agoston Haraszthy, and the Roots of the Modern California Wine Industry: 1836-1869 -- Chapter Four. After Haraszthy-Sonoma, Napa, and the Confluence of Wealth and Wine: 1860s-1890s -- Part II. A Bug, a Temblor, a Sunken Liner, and One Bummer of a Law-Four Setbacks: Chapter Five. Phylloxera and Other Perils: 1873-1900s -- Chapter Six. The San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: 1906 -- Chapter Seven. A City Rebuilt, a "War-Ending" War, and an Underattended World's Fair: 1906-1915 -- Chapter Eight. The Ignoble Experiment of Prohibition: 1920-1933 -- Part III. After Prohibition-Doldrums, Mondavi, and a Tasting in Paris: Chapter Nine. Repeal, Replant, Replenish, Revive: 1933-1940s -- Chapter Ten. Robert Mondavi's Contagious Passion for Wine: 1950s-1970s -- Chapter Eleven. Stellar Cellars and the Judgment of Paris: 1960s-1976 -- Chapter Twelve. Now That They've Seen Paris-The California Wine Industry Meets the Twenty-First Century: 1976-Present -- Conclusion.