Product Description

It was while enjoying a friend's bottle of out-of-state wine that renowned Napa Valley wine photographer Charles O'Rear and his wife, Daphne, decided to embark on the ultimate wine road trip. Two years and 80,000 miles later, WINE ACROSS AMERICA presents the fruits of their journey, documenting the passion and pride of winegrowers, winemakers, and wine drinkers from New England to Florida, Alaska to Hawaii, and everywhere in between. The first photography book to showcase American wine country, this lavishly illustrated tribute will inform, entertain, and inspire readers to see and taste the American wine revolution for themselves.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WINE ACROSS AMERICA
* The number of wineries in America has more than doubled in the last decade.
* America's first wine was made in Florida in 1564.
* Wine cellars in Missouri that were dug in 1880 are still in use.
* The most visited winery in the United States is in North Carolina, and the second most visited is in Hawaii.
* Besides grapes, wine is also made from blueberries, rhubarb, plums, oranges and pineapple.
* Wine is made in converted barns, stables, churches, schoolhouses, fire stations, and even a bordello.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #333794 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

From the Publisher
* A spectacular tour through all 50 states, featuring the unique people, beautiful places, and passionate lifestyle behind America's growing love affair with wine.
* Contains 300 full-color photos of the wineries, their vineyards, harvests, celebrations, wine labels, winery doors, and grape leaves, as well as dramatic portraits of winery owners, winemakers, and workers.
* Includes special sections devoted to regional wine growing, distinctly American wine labels, a map showing the number of wineries in every state, and an index of wine facts.
* Chuck O'Rear's books have sold more than 250,000 copies.

About the Author
CHARLES O'REAR, a former National Geographic photographer, has photographed seven books about wine and wine regions around the world. He lives in Napa Valley, California, where the roots of today's modern American winemaking were planted.

DAPHNE LARKIN is a writer specializing in the wine industry. She is a former United Nations journalist, reporter for Newsweek, television news writer, and senior vice president of corporate communications for a Fortune 500 corporation. She lives in Napa Valley, California.

Customer Reviews

Coffee-table picture book, not a travel guide to wineries!
Somehow I didn't fully grasp from the Web page that this is a coffee-table picture book of photos of wineries across America--it is NOT a guide or travelogue you could use to visit wineries as you drive across country, which is what I wanted. I allowed myself to be misled by the words "Road Trip" in the title. It's not even a narrative of the authors' driving around the country visiting wineries!

In fact, you can't *use* this book at all, you can only look at the pictures, because there is no map of where these wineries are, or addresses to find them. Not what I had in mind, and this mismatch is why I give it a low score. (As a picture book, though, it's pretty.)

Wine Across America book
Great book, wonderful pictures and nicely done. If you make homemade wine, I think you will love this book, as much as we did.

Mesmerizing wine book by Daphne Larkin and Charles O' Rear
Mesmerizing! The grapes and vineyards leap out at you and the winemakers are accessibly human. You can almost taste the wine in the photos and in the text. This is the definitive book for wine lovers in any state across the U.S. Again, National Geographic photographer Charles O' Rear has shared his fabulous photos and prize-winning journalist Daphne Larkin has written a fascinating, expert account about how widely viticulture has spread in the last 25 years across the North American continent. I doubt there is a better book on American wine culture anywhere, but it is the special personal touch - such as highlighting unsung but dedicated winegrowers in remote U.S. locations from every state alongside more famous apellations and legendary winemakers - that make this book so eminently readable. A tantalizing road trip to follow!