The University of California / Sotheby Book of California Wine
Berkeley: University of California Press / Sotheby Publications, 1984.
First Edition. Hardcover.
First Edition, First Printing.
44 contributors have authored 53 articles on wine and viticulture - the grapes, the wines, the vintages, environmental factors, agriculture, technology, winetasting, and the unique conditions that have contributed to California's emergence as a wine mecca. With closing chapters on Art, Artifacts, and Societies; Medical Values and Economic Perspectives; Appreciations and Evaluations; and The Legal and Political History of California Wine. With contributions by M.F.K. Fisher (Preface), Hugh Johnson, Thomas Pinney, Roy Brady, Jack Chen, Ruth Teiser, Zelma Long, Gerald Asher, Forrest Tancer, Paul Draper, Alice Waters, etc.
Item #901494ISBN: 0520050851
8-1/2 x 11-1/4", beige linen, pictorial endpapers, xxxviii, 615pp, wine glossary, select bibliography, notes on contributors, index, with a detailed colophon, illustrated with diagrams, figures, tables, maps, and decorations.
An attractive production, very fine in dust wrapper and protective mylar.
Price: $40.00