The Wine Lover's Guide To The Wine Country

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Pub. Date: 2005-05-05
Publisher(s): Chronicle Books Llc
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Summary

This candid and friendly guide profiles Northern California's wine resources, both well-known and obscure, with details on tours, tasting bars, wine shops and where to stay.

Author Biography

Lori Lyn Narlock is a wine lover and food writer based in Napa. She is the author of The Food Lover's Companion to the Napa Valley .

Nancy Garfinkel is a writer and editor based in New York. She co-wrote a season of the Food Network's Melting Pot and travels frequently to the Napa Valley.

Michael Carabetta is an award-winning designer and is creative director at Chronicle Books. He lives in Marin County.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 11(6)
MAKING the MOST of YOUR VISIT 17(10)
PLANNING YOUR VISIT
18(1)
WHAT to EXPECT at a WINERY
19(2)
DECIPHERING the APPOINTMENT CODE
21(1)
BE PREPARED
22(5)
PLANNING the BEST EXCURSION 27(20)
THE BEST WEEKEND in ANDERSON VALLEY
28(2)
THE BEST WEEKEND in HEALDSBURG
30(2)
THE BEST WEEKEND in HOPLAND
32(1)
THE BEST WEEKEND in NAPA
33(2)
THE BEST WEEKEND in SONOMA
35(1)
THE BEST BUDGET WEEKEND in NAPA VALLEY
36(3)
THE BEST of the BEST
39(8)
GRAPES to GLASSES
COLLECTIVE and SINGLE-WINERY TASTING ROOMS
47(10)
WINESHOPS and TASTING BARS
57(14)
WINERIES by REGION
71(186)
NAPA COUNTY APPELLATIONS
73(106)
Diamond Mountain
75(2)
Howell Mountain
77(7)
Los Carneros, Napa
84(6)
Mount Veeder
90(2)
Napa Valley
92(17)
Calistoga
93(7)
Conn Valley
100(3)
Napa, Northeast
103(4)
Pritchard Hill
107(2)
Oak Knoll
109(5)
Oakville
114(13)
Rutherford
127(15)
St. Helena
142(13)
Spring Mountain
155(12)
Stags Leap
167(6)
Yountville
173(6)
SONOMA COUNTY APPELLATIONS
179(60)
Alexander Valley
180(6)
Bennett Valley
186(1)
Chalk Hill
187(2)
Dry Creek Valley
189(8)
Green Valley
197(2)
Los Carneros, Sonoma
199(4)
Russian River Valley
203(10)
Sonoma County
213(1)
Sonoma Mountain
213(2)
Sonoma Valley
215(24)
Glen Ellen
215(4)
Kenwood
219(5)
Sonoma, East
224(8)
Sonoma, West
232(7)
MENDOCINO COUNTY APPELLATIONS
239(60)
Anderson Valley
240(6)
Redwood Valley
246(4)
Sanel Valley
250
GLASSES to GRAPES
ACCESSORIES
257(6)
EDUCATION
263(8)
EVENTS
271(16)
LIBRARIES and MUSEUMS
287(6)
PICNIC PROVISIONS
293(6)
SERVICES
299(10)
SHIPPING
300(1)
STORAGE
301(2)
TRANSPORTATION
303(6)
DRIVING DISTANCES
309(1)
INDEX 310

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