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Book Hyatt s Hand book of Grape Culture

Download or read book Hyatt s Hand book of Grape Culture written by Thomas Hart Hyatt and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York

Download or read book Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York written by New York (State). Legislature. Assembly and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Horticultural Annual

Download or read book American Horticultural Annual written by and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Strong Wine

Download or read book Strong Wine written by Brian McGinty and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Lured by the discovery of gold to cross the plains to California in 1849, Haraszthy became the first sheriff of San Diego, a member of the California legislature, and the first assayer of the United States Mint in San Francisco. Long fascinated with the possibility of growing fine European grapes in America, he moved in 1856 to northern California's Sonoma Valley, where he built the first stone wineries in California, introduced more than 300 varieties of European grapes, and planted (or helped his neighbors plant) more than a thousand acres of choice wine vineyards. He made a well-publicized wine tour of Europe in 1861, wrote the first notable book on California wine growing, and built his Sonoma estate into what was widely advertised as "the largest vineyard in the world.""--BOOK JACKET.

Book The California Fruits and how to Grow Them

Download or read book The California Fruits and how to Grow Them written by Edward James Wickson and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Lathe its Uses     Second Edition  By James Lukin

Download or read book The Lathe its Uses Second Edition By James Lukin written by James Lukin and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Download or read book The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture written by Liberty Hyde Bailey and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book    A    Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors  Living and Deceased  from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century written by S. Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Inventing the Dream

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  • Author : Kevin Starr
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 1986-12-04
  • ISBN : 0199923264
  • Pages : 415 pages

Download or read book Inventing the Dream written by Kevin Starr and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1986-12-04 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume in Kevin Starr's passionate and ambitious cultural history of the Golden State focuses on the turn-of-the-century years and the emergence of Southern California as a regional culture in its own right. "How hauntingly beautiful, how replete with lost possibilities, seems that Southern California of two and three generations ago, now that a dramatically diferent society has emerged in its place," writes Starr. As he recreates the "lost California," Starr examines the rich variety of elements that figured in the growth of the Southern California way of life: the Spanish/Mexican roots, the fertile land, the Mediterranean-like climate, the special styles in architecture, the rise of Hollywood. He gives us a broad array of engaging (and often eccentric) characters: from Harrision Gray Otis to Helen Hunt Jackson to Cecil B. DeMille. Whether discussing the growth of winemaking or the burgeoning of reform movements, Starr keeps his central theme in sharp focus: how Californians defined their identity to themselves and to the nation.

Book Zinfandel

    Book Details:
  • Author : Charles L. Sullivan
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 2003-09-02
  • ISBN : 0520930525
  • Pages : 248 pages

Download or read book Zinfandel written by Charles L. Sullivan and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Zinfandel grape—currently producing big, rich, luscious styles of red wine—has a large, loyal, even fanatical following in California and around the world. The grape, grown predominantly in California, has acquired an almost mythic status—in part because of the caliber of its wines and its remarkable versatility, and in part because of the mystery surrounding its origins. Charles Sullivan, a leading expert on the history of California wine, has at last written the definitive history of Zinfandel. Here he brings together his deep knowledge of wine with the results of his extensive research on the grape in the United States and Europe in a book that will entertain and enlighten wine aficionados and casual enthusiasts. In this lively book, Sullivan dispels the false legend that has obscured Zinfandel's history for almost a century, reveals the latest scientific findings about the grape's European roots, shares his thoughts on the quality of the wines now being produced, and looks to the future of this remarkable grape. Sullivan reconstructs Zinfandel's journey through history—taking us from Austria to the East Coast of the U.S. in the 1820s, to Gold Rush California, and through the early days of the state's wine industry. He considers the ups and downs of the grape's popularity, including its most recent and, according to Sullivan, most brilliant "up." He also unravels the two great mysteries surrounding Zinfandel: the myth of Agoston Haraszthy's role in importing Zinfandel, and the heated controversy over the relationship between California Zinfandel and Italian Primitivo. Sullivan ends with his assessments of the 2001 and 2002 vintages, firmly setting the history of Zinfandel into the chronicles of grape history.

Book A Toast to Eclipse

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  • Author : Brian McGinty
  • Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
  • Release : 2012-09-10
  • ISBN : 080618745X
  • Pages : 361 pages

Download or read book A Toast to Eclipse written by Brian McGinty and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sparkling wines of California rival the best French Champagnes today, but their place at our tables came about through careful craftsmanship that began more than a century ago. The predecessor of today’s California bubbly was Eclipse Champagne, the first commercially successful California sparkling wine, produced by Arpad Haraszthy in the mid- to late nineteenth century. In A Toast to Eclipse, Brian McGinty offers a definitive history of the wine, exploring California’s winemaking past and two of the people who put the state’s varietal wines on the map: Arpad and his father Agoston Haraszthy, the legendary “father of California viticulture.” Inspired by his father’s dream of making California one of the world’s great viticultural regions, Arpad Haraszthy (1840–1900) pursued that goal at a time when the best grapes for making California wine had yet to be discovered, when the best locations for vineyards had not yet been established, and when the public could hardly believe that good wine could be made in a country overrun with gold miners and desperados. As a young man, Arpad spent two years in the Champagne country of northeastern France, studying the classic methods of French sparkling wine manufacture, before bringing his knowledge home to California. As McGinty shows, the story of the award-winning wine Haraszthy created is also the story of San Francisco during its heyday as the largest, most dynamic city in the American West. McGinty reveals new information about California varietals and winemaking districts, and probes the controversy about whether Agoston Haraszthy introduced the Zinfandel grape to the Golden State. Aficionados of wine and of California history will find this narrative insightful and refreshing, and all readers will gain an appreciation for Arpad Haraszthy, Eclipse, and the delicate process of making a wine sparkle.

Book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature  and British and American Authors  Living and Deceased  from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century written by Samuel Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors  Living and Deceased  from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century

Download or read book A Critical Dictionary of English Literature and British and American Authors Living and Deceased from the Earliest Accounts to the Latter Half of the Nineteenth Century written by Samuel Austin Allibone and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Pacific Rural Press and California Farmer

Download or read book The Pacific Rural Press and California Farmer written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Book Catalogues

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  • Author :
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1870
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 912 pages

Download or read book Book Catalogues written by and published by . This book was released on 1870 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: