| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 211 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-198) and index. |
| Contents |
Wine origins: culture, markets and institutions -- Missionaries and adventurers: the early years of California wine -- Nunc est bibendum: the 1930s-1960s -- Behold the future, forget the past -- Now is the time for fine wine -- Affirming the new orthodoxy -- Conclusion: The odyssey ends. |
| Summary |
This book examines how Napa became a pre-eminent site for the production of great and sometimes iconic wines in a short space of time. Unlike its Old World counterparts whose development took place over centuries, Napa's inception didn't start until the beginning of the 19th century, and even then struggled to identify appropriate grape varietals and find a market for such wine, only to be frustrated when Prohibition occurred in the early 20th century and practically shut down the industry. It was in the 1960s that winegrowing would re-emerge on a scale and quality that began to be noticed by informed critics and neophyte consumers. In the following decades, critical information sharing networks of owners and winemakers emerged, facilitating a collective organization learning that fostered a commitment to quality and consistency that would cement Napa's reputation. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wine industry -- California -- Napa Valley -- History.
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Wine and wine making -- California -- Napa Valley -- History.
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Wine and wine making |
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Wine industry |
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California -- Napa Valley https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39QbtfRxX9FYJHmThdRDwPYmM |
| Genre/Form |
History
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taplin, Ian M. Napa Valley wine industry. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2021 9781527569706 (OCoLC)1258048606 |
| ISBN |
1527571114 (electronic bk.) |
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9781527571112 (electronic bk.) |
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9781527569706 (hardcover) |
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1527569705 (hardcover) |
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