Access California Wine Country 7e (Access Guides) [Paperback]

Richard Saul Wurman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 29, 2005

With Access California Wine Country, your visit will be an easy, enjoyable experience -- the best of Napa, Sonoma, and the Russian River are at your fingertips.

California Wine Country has been divided and organized into neighborhoods, so you know where you are and where you're headed.

Unique color-coded and numbered entries allow you to discover the best:

hotels • restaurants • Attractions • Shopping sights • Parks and Outdoor Spaces

Large, easy-to-read maps with entry numbers keyed to text ensure that you will instantly find what you must not miss.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

With the publication of his first book in 1962 at the age of 26, Richard Saul Wurman began the singular passion of his life: that of making information understandable. A holder of both M. Arch. & B. Arch. degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, he has been awarded several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Guggenheim Fellowship, two Graham Fellowships & two Chandler Fellowships. In 1991, Richard Saul Wurman received the Kevin Lynch Award from MIT for his creation of the ACCESS travel guides. In 1994, he was named a Fellow of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland & awarded a Doctorate of Fine Arts by the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA. In 1995, he received an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Art Center College of Design & was Chairman of Graphic Design & Product/Industrial Design of the1995 Presidential Design Awards.

Richard Saul Wurman continues to be a regular consultant to major corporations in matters relating to the design & understanding of information. He is married to novelist Gloria Nagy, has 4 children & lives in Newport, Rhode Island.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Collins; 7th ed. edition (November 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 006079139X
• ISBN-13: 978-0060791391
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,490,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Innacurate information, February 23, 2006

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Sam (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Access California Wine Country 7e (Access Guides) (Paperback)

We bought this edition because we really liked an older edition and wanted to have updated information for our trip. We went to at least three wineries looking for particular varietals that this book said they produced -- none of them had them. The wineries said they hadn't produced them in "years."

5.0 out of 5 stars Concise, accurate, extremely easy to use!, January 15, 2007

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Kim Forrest (Los Banos, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Access California Wine Country 7e (Access Guides) (Paperback)

This is the ONLY book we use as a guide for accomodation, restaurants, and wineries because it is so concise, accurate, and easy to use.