The Wine Lover's Guide to the Best Of the Wine Country: Where to Taste, Tour, and Shop for Wine in Napa, Sonoma, and Mendocino [Paperback]

Lori Lyn Narlock (Author), Nancy Garfinkel (Author)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Chronicle Books (April 15 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0811842428
ISBN-13: 978-0811842426
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 431 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #168,228 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #48 in Books > Arts & Photography > Photography > Travel > United States
- #85 in Books > Travel > United States > States > California

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This candid and friendly guide profiles Northern California's wine resources, both well-known and obscure, with details on tours, tasting bars, wine shops and where to stay.

About the Author

Lori Lyn Narlock (San Francisco) wrote The Food Lover's Companion to the Napa Valley, which features Michael Carabetta's photographs. Nancy Garfinkel co-wrote a season of The Food Network's The Melting Pot.

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The subject of countless books and articles, the wine country is a destination for people from all over the world. Read the first page

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting perspective, Jan 24 2007

By Oleg Mustiazza - Published on Amazon.com

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.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars If ever a book needed maps its this one!, Aug 2 2009

By Jen D - Published on Amazon.com

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Overall this is an informative and interesting book. It breaks the wine country of CA down by region and appellation. I can appreciate that because it helps you determine which wineries to visit, why you might prefer the flavor of certain wines over others, etc. But why on earth are there no maps???? The entire design of the book BEGS for MAPS! The entire book is black and white and there are several b&w photos...not too effective, grainy b&w photos never are. But some nicely rendered maps of the regions and appellations as you go through the book would have been enormously helpful.

Actually if I could change my rating I would give it three stars. As I read through this book every couple pages I start flipping through looking for a map, and yet, still no maps. How irritating! If you like Fodors and Frommers guides (you know, that have itineraries, maps, what to do, etc) then this book will be of no use. It gives weekend itineraries, having you drive to wineries, towns for lunch, a different town for dinner, etc. You have to have a Fodors Northern CA so you can plot your course (on a map!) anyway so why bother with this book? I won't be bringing it to Napa on my upcoming trip.

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