A seasonal journal of one year in California's Iron Horse Vineyards describes the growing of grapes and the making and selling of wine, evoking the hardships and satisfactions of the vintner's life

A Cultivated Life: A Year in a California Vineyard

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Sterling, Joy

Beverages & Wine

Little,Brown & Co

A book for red wine lovers by a true expert: a woman who not only knows and loves red wine, but lives for it. Sonoma County vintner Joy Sterling brings wine lovers the book they've been waiting for: an up-to-the-minute guide to the best red wines to buy and drink in the new millennium. Culled from a career devoted to wine tasting, wine making, and wine writing, A Vintner's Guide to Red Wine is Sterling's detailed roadmap to help steer you to the finest -- and most affordable -- wines drinkable in the year 2000. Becauseit all starts with the grapes themselves, Sterling begins by exploring the pleasures of each varietal from several angles, such as the differences between California Pinot Noir and Burgundy. In her buying section -- the heart of the book -- she breaks her recommendations into three helpful categories: expensive (over $25); moderate ($12 to $25); and inexpensive (under $12). Focusing on California, but including Oregon and Washington wines, Sterling applies her expertise to the gamut of wine issues. Among these are her favorite vineyards, choice vintages, what to drink now, what foods and wines make the best combinations, and why red wine is considered hip and healthy. Sterling goes a step beyond traditional wine writers, creating a guide as delightful to read as it is informative. A Vintner's Guide to Red Wine is a celebration of drinking, eating, and living well -- and is best enjoyed with a glass in hand.

A Vintner's Guide to Red Wine: What to Buy and What to Drink in the Year 2000

Pocket

A tour through the vineyards and gardens of California's Iron Horse Vineyards follows a year's worth of grapevine gossip and anecdotes and is complemented by menus, recipes, and the author's life experiences.

Vintage Feasting

Pocket_Books

Join Joy Sterling on a stroll through the vineyards and gardens of California's Iron Horse Vineyards, into her kitchen and to her table. Filled with charming anecdotes, a year's worth of news from the grapevine, and imaginative menus and recipes, this is a delightful window into her life as wine lover, epicure, philosopher, and hostess. Vintage Feasting February 14. The vineyards are asleep. Our Valentine's Day feast is fresh, cracked Dungeness crab soup cooked with Fumé Blanc, served with garlic mayonnaise and bubbly.... In settings suffused with the scents of Giverny-like gardens, Joy shares secrets of tasting and cooking with wine, reveals her own experiments with menus and vintages, and explains why certain pairings of food and wine endure. And she exults in life's surprises, like the magical cluster of rare morels that appeared one day under a century-old Douglas fir and became an exotic ragout. Whether it's savoring the intense aromas of crushed violets in a young Cabernet Sauvignon; recalling a culinary adventure at Paul Bocuse's restaurant; drinking in the Provence scents of zinnias and lavenders; or concocting a Halloween dinner of turban squash, Vintage Feasting is a treasure of fascinating lore, succulent menus, memorable wines -- and a zest for enjoying life that leaves us refreshed, delighted, and inspired anew.

Vintage Feasting: A Vintner's Year of Fine Wines, Good Times, and Gifts from Nature's Garden

GALLERY BOOKS

Villard

Describes wine making in the Sonoma and Napa valleys, explains the challenges faced by wine makers, and uses photographs to evoke the beauty of the vineyard

Vineyard: A Year In The Life of California's Wine Country

Arts & Photography

Photography & Video

Simon&Schuster

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A Cultivated Life: A Year in a California Vineyard

A Vintner's Guide to Red Wine: What to Buy and What to Drink in the Year 2000

Vintage Feasting

Vintage Feasting: A Vintner's Year of Fine Wines, Good Times, and Gifts from Nature's Garden

A Cultivated Life: A Year in a California Vineyard

Vineyard: A Year In The Life of California's Wine Country