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He may be employed by the magazine, but James Laube is no mere wine spectator. He's an active participant, as evidenced by Wine Spectator's California Wine, the completely revised second edition of his 1996 James Beard Award winner. Drawing on more than 50,000 personal tasting notes and two decades as a wine writer--most of it as the Spectator's Napa-based correspondent--Laube presents a refreshing reference work ("not a buyers' guide" he insists) to those serious about California wine. California viticulture has seen a lot of changes between editions--vineyards replanted, wineries sold, CEOs turned vintners demanding (and getting) $100-plus for their first bottlings--and the author has tasted pretty much all of it. Introductory chapters provide the reader a nuanced overview of California wine history, grape plantings, wine appellations, vintage evaluations, and even an offbeat fact or two (according to the agricultural commissioner, Mendocino County grapes are its No. 2 cash crop; marijuana is No. 1). But it's chapter 7, with its alphabetical profiles of (almost) every producing winery in the state, that'll be required reading for anyone who's ever worn out their brake linings on the Oakville Grade. Each winery's entry consists of overall quality rating (one to five stars), founding date, current owner, winemaker, acreage, case production, varietals estate-grown and purchased, as well as notes on selected wines. Of course, a few biases show through. Laube doesn't seem to be much of a merlot fan; he tends to be Napacentric; and his vintage ratings by grape type are based on subjective areas (when Laube calls 1995 a five-star year for zinfandel, he means Napa or Sonoma zins; Amador County need not apply). But it's rousing to read his repeated assertion that very, very few California wines are meant to be cellared long-term and that he'd "rather drink a wine a year or two too early than one week too late." --Tony Mason
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New edition of a title that came out in 1996, covering more than 700 wineries and wine brands, with ratings and tasting notes for more than 5,000 wines.
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He may be employed by the magazine, but James Laube is no mere wine spectator. He's an active participant, as evidenced by Wine Spectator's California Wine, the completely revised second edition of his 1996 James Beard Award winner. Drawing on more than 50,000 personal tasting notes and two decades as a wine writer--most of it as the Spectator's Napa-based correspondent--Laube presents a refreshing reference work ("not a buyers' guide" he insists) to those serious about California wine. California viticulture has seen a lot of changes between editions--vineyards replanted, wineries sold, CEOs turned vintners demanding (and getting) $100-plus for their first bottlings--and the author has tasted pretty much all of it. Introductory chapters provide the reader a nuanced overview of California wine history, grape plantings, wine appellations, vintage evaluations, and even an offbeat fact or two (according to the agricultural commissioner, Mendocino County grapes are its No. 2 cash crop; marijuana is No. 1). But it's chapter 7, with its alphabetical profiles of (almost) every producing winery in the state, that'll be required reading for anyone who's ever worn out their brake linings on the Oakville Grade. Each winery's entry consists of overall quality rating (one to five stars), founding date, current owner, winemaker, acreage, case production, varietals estate-grown and purchased, as well as notes on selected wines. Of course, a few biases show through. Laube doesn't seem to be much of a merlot fan; he tends to be Napacentric; and his vintage ratings by grape type are based on subjective areas (when Laube calls 1995 a five-star year for zinfandel, he means Napa or Sonoma zins; Amador County need not apply). But it's rousing to read his repeated assertion that very, very few California wines are meant to be cellared long-term and that he'd "rather drink a wine a year or two too early than one week too late." --Tony Mason
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New edition of a title that came out in 1996, covering more than 700 wineries and wine brands, with ratings and tasting notes for more than 5,000 wines.
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earthy currant, wild berry flavors, cedary oak, rant flavors, turning supple, supple plum, cedary flavors, toasty oak flavors, black cherry flavors, cedary notes, intense currant, indicate highest elevation, spicy currant, vineyard designations, crisp tannins, dense currant, fleshy tannins, supple cherry, polished tannins, cedar flavors, plush tannins, smoky currant, supple core, tannic core, chewy currant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley, Varietals Purchased, Dry Creek Valley, Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara County, Petite Sirah, Howell Mountain, Central Coast, Santa Maria Valley, Monterey County, Santa Ynez Valley, Anderson Valley, Pinot Blanc, Amador County, Mendocino County, Mount Veeder, Petit Verdot, Stags Leap District New!
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It is easy to view California wine as a new and fast-paced industry that has arisen out of nowhere. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
earthy currant, wild berry flavors, cedary oak, rant flavors, turning supple, supple plum, cedary flavors, toasty oak flavors, black cherry flavors, cedary notes, intense currant, indicate highest elevation, spicy currant, vineyard designations, crisp tannins, dense currant, fleshy tannins, supple cherry, polished tannins, cedar flavors, plush tannins, smoky currant, supple core, tannic core, chewy currant Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Napa Valley, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, Russian River Valley, Alexander Valley, Varietals Purchased, Dry Creek Valley, Cabernet Franc, Sonoma Valley, Paso Robles, Santa Barbara County, Petite Sirah, Howell Mountain, Central Coast, Santa Maria Valley, Monterey County, Santa Ynez Valley, Anderson Valley, Pinot Blanc, Amador County, Mendocino County, Mount Veeder, Petit Verdot, Stags Leap District New!
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- A History of Wine in America: From the Beginnings to Prohibition by Thomas Pinney on page 1
- California's Great Chardonnays: The Wine Spectator's Ultimate Guide for Consumers, Collectors, and Investors by James Laube in Back Flap
- California's Great Cabernets: The Wine Spectator's Ultimate Guide for Consumers, Collectors and Investors by James Laube in Back Flap
- A Sense of Place: An Intimate Portrait of the Niebaum-Coppola Winery and the Napa Valley by Steven Kolpan in Back Matter
- The Unofficial Guide to Selecting Wine by Felicia Sherbert in Back Matter
- Exploring Wine: The Culinary Institute of America's Guide to Wines of the World, 2nd Edition by Steven Kolpan in Back Matter
- Zinfandel: A History of a Grape and Its Wine (California Studies in Food and Culture, 10) by Charles L. Sullivan on page 211
- A Companion to California Wine: An Encyclopedia of Wine and Winemaking from the Mission Period to the Present by Charles L. Sullivan in Back Matter
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