Your Day in Wine Country: Touring the Wineries of Napa and Sonoma [Paperback]

Ralph DeAmicis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 26, 2008

Written by two of the area's top tour guides it reveals the secrets for best enjoying America's premier wine regions, Napa and Sonoma. It covers everything from what to eat before a day of tasting wine, what to wear, what to expect in the tasting rooms and planning a daytrip. It includes numerous 'easy to read' mapped tours based on starting points, interests, costs and picnic areas or restaurants. Praised by concierges and tour guides for its breadth and depth of useful information and ease of use, it makes it fun to explore the region with confidence whether you are a first time visitor or a returning enthusiast. It includes the best winery directory ever, and the recommendations are based on client feedback. This is the book to have when you're touring Wine Country.

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About the Author

Ralph & Lahni DeAmicis are authors of more than a dozen books on design, health, business and travel. They are professional speakers, seminar leaders and tour guides. After spending many years in the splendor of Philadelphia they moved to the wilds of Sonoma and Napa. When they arrived they realized "There is wine here!" In their quest to visit all of the wineries in those two counties, they started writing a book about winery architecture.

As they traveled around to the wineries researching they kept noticing big black cars parked out front. They realized that the limousines were visiting the wineries that Ralph and Lahni wanted to visit, and the drivers were getting paid for that. What a concept! So Ralph took a position as a guide/driver. For the next two years he drove wine tours, visiting every winery he could, talking with everyone, reading everything and bringing back piles of information for Lahni to organize, along with his mapped tours, and his client's reactions. The architecture book gave way to a tour book called 'Your Day in Wine Country, Touring the Wineries of Napa and Sonoma'. Not surprisingly they found themselves doing training for tour companies and hotels and the result was their professional version, 'Their Day in Wine Country, A Concierge and Tour Guide Manual for Visiting the Wineries of Napa and Sonoma'.

In a quest to keep their books updated, Ralph and Lahni started their own winery tour company, Amicis Tours, based in downtown Sonoma and San Francisco. Their slogan "You've Got Friends in Wine Country" describes how they feel about their clients. They also write and speak on the motivational power of environmental design.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Cuore Libre Publishing (March 26, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1931163170
• ISBN-13: 978-1931163170
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,437,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)