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The Best Wine Books of 2021 – New York Times
The Best Wine Books of 2021 – Washington Post
The Best Wine Books of 2021 – Decanter
Longlisted for 2021 André Simon Food and Drink Book Awards
‘From food to terroir, glamour to grapes, climate to catastrophe, critics and alcohol, On California covers the full gamut.’
Tamlyn Currin, JancisRobinson.com
‘California’s wine is the most important development, the best news since the Romans planted the vine on the slopes of Burgundy and in the sand and gravel around Bordeaux.’
Hugh Johnson
‘….. a standout among the drinks books published this year, which ought to be on the Christmas list of every wine lover …..’
Victoria Moore, The Daily Telegraph
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On California captures the essence of California’s spectacular array of wines. Beyond the intricate flavors of Pinot Noir, the power of Cabernet Sauvignon, and the elegance of Chardonnay, it asks what brought these wines to the Golden State in the first place. What were the hopes, fears, and dreams of the 18th-century pioneers who first shaped them, and what motivates the 21st-century visionaries who pave the way now? It charts the triumph over phylloxera and Prohibition, the mighty influence of the Pacific, and the plus points of being in a seismic hot zone. Then how, at the whim of one modest English wine merchant, a simple blind tasting in 1976 made the world sit up and notice the wines this extraordinary region was creating. On California tells of the people – as iconic as the wines they’ve created – who have made California wine great. The pioneers, the boffins, the whizz-kids, and the scientists, many of whom tell their stories on its pages – some via precious archive material, others through their thoughts mid-pandemic in 2021. Randall Grahm, Gerald Asher, Steven Spurrier, Paul Draper, and Warren Winiarski take a bow…
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