California is the nation's great vineyard, supplying grapes for most of the wine produced in the United States. The state is home to more than 700 wineries, and California's premier wines are recognized throughout the world. But until now there has been no comprehensive guide to California wine and winemaking. Charles L. Sullivan's A Companion to California Wine admirably fills that gap―here is the reference work for consumers, wine writers, producers, and scholars. Sullivan's encyclopedic handbook traces the Golden State's wine industry from its mission period and Gold Rush origins down to last year's planting and vintage statistics. All aspects of wine are included, and wine production from vine propagation to bottling is described in straightforward language. There are entries for some 750 wineries, both historical and contemporary; for more than 100 wine grape varieties, from Aleatico to Zinfandel; and for wine types from claret to vermouth―all given in a historical context. In the book's foreword the doyen of wine writers, Hugh Johnson, tells of his own forty-year appreciation of California wine and its history. "Charles Sullivan's Companion," he adds, "will provide the grist for debate, speculation, and reminiscence from now on. With admirable dispassion he sets before us just what has happened in the plot so far."

A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Sullivan, Charles L.

Beverages & Wine

University of California Press

Like Modern Edens Einegrowing in Santa Clara Valley and Santa Cruz Mountains 1798--1981

California History Center

With affecttion and wit, the author brings to life the people of the Gulf Coast - the explorers and conquistadors, the anguished settlers, the ethnic communities, the rags to riches businessmen, and those in their employ: the soldiers, rumrunners, politicians, inventors, and bootleggers -- and their resilience in the face of natural disasters and yellow fever to hurricanes. He draws heavily upon early accounts of the region preserved in letters, diaries, and other documents.

The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Portrait of a people : an illustrated history

History

Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society

Americas

Windsor Publications

A very comprehensive study of what was once an agricultural high school and which, over the years, became junior/community college which branched into multiple campuses and centers

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College: A History, 1911-2000

Mississippi Gulf Coast

Richly illustrated with informative text.

The Mississippi Gulf Coast: Portrait of a People

Powell, Murella Hebert

Amer Historical Pr

The beginning of history for California wine starts with 17th-century , but the industry and commercial powerhouse that commands 60 percent of the United States market was birthed 200 years later, the product of a Hungarian aristocrat, European grapes, and the Sonoma Valley. In this groundbreaking book by historian and bestselling author Charles L. Sullivan, the untold history of Sonoma wine serves as backdrop to the turbulent story of California s first commercial winery, Buena Vista, from its founding by brilliant but quixotic Agoston Haraszthy, through phyloxera plague and the dry years of prohibition to its present-day market prominence. Sonoma Wine and the Story of Buena Vista is a scholarly study of two centuries of California wine history, told in a riveting narrative that will engage and delight.

Sonoma Wine and the Story of Buena Vista

Wine Appreciation Guild

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