The Wine Lover's Guide to the Wine Country: The Best of Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino

By Lori Lyn Narlock and Nancy Garfinkel

More than five million visitors make their way to Northern California's wine country each year. And this is the ultimate guide to the best wine-related spots to be found there. Throughout Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino counties the intrepid authors drove, trekked, visited, sipped, tasted, revisited, took notes, and visited again. The result: an essential and selective resource for those passionate about wine. Here's the "where to" of the finest places to taste, tour, shop, and learn about nature's nectar of the vine, whether it's who offers a quick tutorial on wine growing (try the Benziger Winery) or where to find the wineries with rustic charm in the Anderson Valley (try Handley Cellars). This book is a trusted guide for any visitor to the wine country. Cheers

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811842428
• ISBN13: 9780811842426
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Interesting perspective

In this book Lori Lyn Narlock presents a selection of central California wineries and establishments that would make a great destination for a day/weekend trip. Although wine is certainly the central theme of the book, other aspects such as winery owners, picnic accomodations, historical factors, vegetable gardens, tours, etc are criterias considered for recommendation. The book describes several apellations in Napa, Sonoma and Mendocino. Wine is certainly a subjective matter but the author tried to divide them into favorites and "best of the rest" and I think she manages to pull it off. How fine is the line? You'll have to follow the the book through the vinyards and decide for yourself. What I liked about the book is that it contains website listings, phone numbers, intersting photos along with notable facts and trivia about the wineries, their people and the place.