With author John Briscoe
Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. For the first time, Briscoe tells the complete and dramatic story of the ascendancy of California wine in vivid detail. Elements of this history have plot lines that seem scripted from Sophocles or Shakespeare. It is a fusion of wine, personal histories, and the social and economic factors that led to the rise of the industry. From the first harvest and vintage, through four overwhelming catastrophes, to its amazing triumph in a stunning blind tasting in Paris, Crush chronicles how wine from California finally gained its global due.
MI Members Free; Public $15
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Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. For the first time, Briscoe tells the complete and dramatic story of the ascendancy of California wine in vivid detail. Elements of this history have plot lines that seem scripted from Sophocles or Shakespeare. It is a fusion of wine, personal histories, and the social and economic factors that led to the rise of the industry. From the first harvest and vintage, through four overwhelming catastrophes, to its amazing triumph in a stunning blind tasting in Paris, Crush chronicles how wine from California finally gained its global due.
MI Members Free; Public $15
With author John Briscoe
Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. For the first time, Briscoe tells the complete and dramatic story of the ascendancy of California wine in vivid detail. Elements of this history have plot lines that seem scripted from Sophocles or Shakespeare. It is a fusion of wine, personal histories, and the social and economic factors that led to the rise of the industry. From the first harvest and vintage, through four overwhelming catastrophes, to its amazing triumph in a stunning blind tasting in Paris, Crush chronicles how wine from California finally gained its global due.
MI Members Free; Public $15
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Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. For the first time, Briscoe tells the complete and dramatic story of the ascendancy of California wine in vivid detail. Elements of this history have plot lines that seem scripted from Sophocles or Shakespeare. It is a fusion of wine, personal histories, and the social and economic factors that led to the rise of the industry. From the first harvest and vintage, through four overwhelming catastrophes, to its amazing triumph in a stunning blind tasting in Paris, Crush chronicles how wine from California finally gained its global due.
MI Members Free; Public $15
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