Tasting the good life : wine tourism in the Napa Valley / George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch

Object Details

Author

Gmelch, George

Gmelch, Sharon

Contents

Introduction : Tasting the good life -- 1. The Napa Valley -- a brief history -- 2. The tourism of taste -- 3. Consuming place : Napa's culinary Terroir -- 4. From vine to wine : Vineyard foreman / Juan Martinez ; Vineyard manager / Jim Lincoln ; Winemaker / Pam Starr -- 5. Touring and tasting : Wine educator / Ellen Flora ; Tasting room consultant / Craig Root ; Tasting room server / Jim McCullough ; Salonnier / Shawn Larue ; Wine tour guide / Don Partier -- 6. Food and fine dining : The French laundry / Chef Thomas Keller ; The front of the house / Salvador Aguilara and Josefina Gonzales ; Napa Valley cooking school / Chef Barbar Alexander ; From back to front of the house / Edgar Bonilla -- 7. Napa's other pleasures : Wine train / Melodie Hilton ; Massage / Claude Smith ; Hot air ballooning / Joyce Bowen ; Bike tours ; Brad Dropping ; Art gallery / Paul Thoren -- 8. Tourism, quality of life, and the future of Napa -- Glossary

Summary

Five million visitors a year travel to California's Napa Valley to experience the good life: to taste fine wines, eat fine food, and immerse themselves in other sophisticated pleasures while surrounded by bucolic beauty. Tourism is the worlds largest employer, and tourists today want to experience the world through all five senses.

2011

©2011

Type

Books

Physical description

viii, 276 pages, [20] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Place

California

Napa Valley

Smithsonian Libraries

Topic

Wine and wine making

Wine tourism

Wine tasting

Anthropology

Record ID

siris_sil_1080090

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