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The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years
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The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years Hardcover - 2012 - 1st Edition

by Pinney, Thomas

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  • Title The Makers of American Wine: A Record of Two Hundred Years
  • Author Pinney, Thomas
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition UsedGood
  • Pages 311
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press
  • Date 2012-05-07
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 2Y6JCK00AIAZ_ns
  • ISBN 9780520269538 / 0520269535
  • Weight 1.42 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.25 x 6.43 x 1.12 in (23.50 x 16.33 x 2.84 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Vintners - United States, Wine and wine making - United States -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011035922
  • Dewey Decimal Code 381.456

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Americans learned how to make wine successfully about two hundred years ago, after failing for more than two hundred years. Thomas Pinney takes an engaging approach to the history of American wine by telling its story through the lives of 13 people who played significant roles in building an industry that now extends to every state. While some names--such as Mondavi and Gallo--will be familiar, others are less well known. These include the wealthy Nicholas Longworth, who produced the first popular American wine; the German immigrant George Husmann, who championed the native Norton grape in Missouri and supplied rootstock to save French vineyards from phylloxera; Frank Schoonmaker, who championed the varietal concept over wines with misleading names; and Maynard Amerine, who helped make UC Davis a world-class winemaking school.

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Praise for Thomas Pinney's A History of Wine in America

"Exhaustively researched....invaluable to serious scholars of the grape. Fascinating reading." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Revealing a sharp eye for detail and a dry, low-key wit, Pinney writes in an engaging style and with remarkable clarity." --Wine Spectator

"Definitive....an important work of historical literature." --Wine & Spirits

"An indispensable view of...a remarkable time." --Decanter

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  • Choice, 11/01/2012, Page 0

About the author

Thomas Pinney is Professor of English, Emeritus, at Pomona College. He is the author or editor of several books including the two-volume A History of Wine in America (UC Press). The second volume of this definitive wine history won the 2006 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award for best book on wine, beer, or spirits.

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