For over 30 years, photographer Charles O'Rear has been fascinated with wine and the process that transforms ordinary grapes into a world-class wine. To understand the making of two of the most renowned varietals, the bold red cabernet and the more delicate white chardonnay, O'Rear traveled 100,000 miles, visited four continents, talked with hundreds of winemakers, and captured thousands of unprecedented images. In many ways, these books are like the profiled wines themselves: full of character, lush beauty, subtlety, and surprise. In CABERNET, O'Rear illuminates processes that the casual observer never has a chance to see. He and his camera are everywhere: looking down at vineyards from the window of a Cessna flying at 5,000 feet; tucked inside a stainless fermenting tank; or sprawled in the dirt of a September vineyard. Whether he's with the pickers in the field, the vintners in their aging caves, or the revelers enjoying the festivities of a successful harvest, O'Rear truly captures the essence of cabernet's mystique.

Cabernet: A Photographic Journey from Vine to Wine

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

O'REAR, Charles

Beverages & Wine

Smithmark

CHARDONNAY presents a lush, detailed portrait of this most popular of all grape varieties. Award-winning photographer Charles O'Rear takes his camera to the most picturesque Chardonnay-growing regions of the world and documents their people and unique landscapes. The story of Chardonnay unfolds in an absorbing photographic essay, from dew-covered grapes hanging on the vine to the ultimate moment when the winemaker pours the first drop of delicious pale gold wine into the glass. Ranging from the verdant, rolling hills of California's Napa Valley to the illustrious chateaus of Burgundy, this book captures the poetry and history of Chardonnay, the world's favorite white wine. Charles O'Rear is an award-winning photographer who is known for his work for National Geographic. Among his books of photographs is the best-selling Napa Valley. Margrit Biever Mondavi and her husband, Robert, own the Robert Mondavi Winery, the most recognized and purchased wine label in the United States.

Chardonnay: Photographs from Around the World

Creedman, Michael

Smithmark Pub.

Napa Valley

Wineviews Publishing LLC

For over 30 years, photographer Charles O’Rear has been fascinated with wine and the process that transforms ordinary grapes into a world-class wine. To understand the making of two of the most renowned varietals, the bold red cabernet and the more delicate white chardonnay, O’Rear traveled 100,000 miles, visited four continents, talked with hundreds of winemakers, and captured thousands of unprecedented images. In many ways, these books are like the profiled wines themselves: full of character, lush beauty, subtlety, and surprise. 
CHARDONNAY provides an intimate tour of the wine’s production, its character, and the places of its origin. O’Rear discovered the soft quality of chardonnay, a wine able to express its personality in as many ways as the stronger and more dominant flavors of cabernet. His journey took him from France, where the wine began, to the fields of California, where it has become one of the world’s most cherished wines.

Chardonnay

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Ten Speed Press+

For over 30 years, photographer Charles O’Rear has been fascinated with wine and the process that transforms ordinary grapes into a world-class wine. To understand the making of two of the most renowned varietals, the bold red cabernet and the more delicate white chardonnay, O’Rear traveled 100,000 miles, visited four continents, talked with hundreds of winemakers, and captured thousands of unprecedented images. In many ways, these books are like the profiled wines themselves: full of character, lush beauty, subtlety, and surprise. 
In CABERNET, O’Rear illuminates processes that the casual observer never has a chance to see. He and his camera are everywhere: looking down at vineyards from the window of a Cessna flying at 5,000 feet; tucked inside a stainless fermenting tank; or sprawled in the dirt of a September vineyard. Whether he’s with the pickers in the field, the vintners in their aging caves, or the revelers enjoying the festivities of a successful harvest, O’Rear truly captures the essence of cabernet’s mystique.

Cabernet

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