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Book Review: American Wine by Jancis Robinson and Linda Murphy

Posted on March 6, 2013 by don

American Wine, just published by the University of California Press, is a very ambitious effort to tell the story of wine in the U.S.—all 50 states, 206 AVA’s, 7 thousand producers, and almost one million acres of vines—in a beautifully … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Roy Cloud’s To Burgundy and Back Again

Posted on October 5, 2012 by don

  There are many books on wine. Most are low calorie, fluffy tomes. Some are pedantic and boring.   A very few are actually fun to read.  Roy Cloud’s To Burgundy and Back Again [Lyons Press, Guilford, CT] is one of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Thomas Pinney’s The Makers of American Wine

Posted on July 13, 2012 by don

The Makers of American Wine is the kind of book that readers of the International Wine Review should love. It’s a beautifully written, thoroughly detailed and documented history of the successes and failures in the development of American wine over … Continue reading →

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