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Title: Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery Revised and Updated (3rd Edition) by Antonia Allegra, Richard Gillette, Robert Mondavi ISBN: 0-8118-2858-1 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: 15 June, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Splendid resource for discovering or remembering Napa Valley
Comment: "We have a day or two. There are 200+ wineries. How can we best enjoy a quality visit of the Napa Valley"?
While directing the Napa Valley Wine Auction, this question was often posed to me by prospective visitors. What a pleasure it was and is to point guests in the direction of Antonia Allegra's fine book, Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery Guide. It is a splendid resource for discovering or simply remembering the wonders of this world-renown wine region.
Antonia Allegra's award-winning writing style, reminiscent of MFK Fisher, complemented by the stunning photography of Richard Gillette is as inviting as the lush landscapes of the Napa Valley itself. Touring alternatives, including many hidden gems, are selected from the favored 50 wineries. While offering seasonal variation, tours are thoughtfully presented to appeal to a wide range of possible reader interests be they wine-making, architecture, gardens, panoramas, art, grape-growing or regional characteristics. Even cave-dwellers will find a dream tour in these pages. As a guide, a gift or a treasure, readers are certain to find satisfaction in the Artistry of "Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery Guide". I've purchased dozens as gifts, and most recently carried several copies of Allegra's book on a luggage-sparse trek of South America where it became a wonderful tool for communicating the otherwise indescribably rich wonders of this valley I have the good fortune to call "home".
LN Russell
Rating: 4
Summary: As handy as it is beautiful!
Comment: 5/8/2001
NAPA VALLEY: The Ultimate Winery Guide Revised and updated Third Edition by Antonia Allegra Photography by Richard Gillette Forward by Robert Mondavi
In her book, NAPA VALLEY: The Ultimate Winery Guide, Antonia Allegra features 29 of her favorite wineries. She bases her selections on how she feels they will become an enjoyable learning experience as well as a fond memory. Richard Gillette's splendid photography makes this a feast of photos, a collection to keep and share.
Allegra's book is filled with winemaking stories and local history. Each property, with its ancient and contemporary art, fills ivy-covered halls, Victorian landmarks and ambling chateaus. These are mixed amongst magnificent castles, an old California abbey and a Greco-Roman temple. Humble mission abodes and California plantation homes lend their appeal, as well.
Allegra devotes a separate chapter to each winery, with a side bar telling access details, hours of operation, tasting times -- charges, if any -- types of wine offered and website information. She also indexes each winery as to region, town, visiting seasons and special attractions. In a section entitled, Triangle Tours, Allegra suggests three easily seen wineries during a single day's Napa Valley outing.
This Guide is as beautiful as it is helpful. (end)
Rating: 3
Summary: I want more
Comment: I have been researching my vacation to wine country for about a month now and have been unable to find a book that gives an objective viewpoint. I want a book to actually recommend a winery in addition to explaining what the winery has to offer. This book goes over the tours available at most wineries in the area which is helpful, but not exhaustive.
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Title: Compass American Guides: Wine Country, 3rd Edition by Charles O'Rear, John Doerper ISBN: 0679004343 Publisher: Compass America Guides Pub. Date: 12 September, 2000 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Frommer's Portable California Wine Country by Erika Lenkert ISBN: 0764565842 Publisher: Frommer Pub. Date: 11 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.99 |
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Title: Sonoma: The Ultimate Winery Guide by Heidi Haughy Cusick, Richard Gillette ISBN: 0811807738 Publisher: Chronicle Books Pub. Date: May, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Napa Valley Wine Country Insider Guide by Tim Shaner ISBN: 0941807762 Publisher: Welcome Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: The Best of the Wine Country 4th Edition by Betty Woo Martin, Don W. Martin, Don Shockley, Sam Sebastiani ISBN: 0942053346 Publisher: Pine Cone Press Pub. Date: 09 April, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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