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streets named for, 44, 112, 119
of To Kalon, 35–37, 41, 109, 272
water concerns and, 271, 274
wine evaluations and, 8
winery expansion and, 44
Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck), 20
Graves, David, 239
Great Britain, 16, 74, 99, 106, 115, 170, 217
Greystone Cellars, 15
Guermantes Way, The (Proust), 47
Gyatso, Lama, 86
Hackett, Carolyn, 233, 236
Hackett, Mike, 148, 160, 233–43
childhood of, 233
Davis issue and, 162, 169
finances and, 233–34
Howell Mountain and, 233–34
physical appearance of, 233
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 235–43, 247–51, 253–54
water concerns and, 238–39
Wildlake and, 236
Wilson’s relationship with, 235, 237–39, 241–42
Hall, Craig, 63, 177–84, 218, 239
childhood of, 178–79
Deep Root on, 199–201, 210
finances and, 174, 178–80, 183–84, 187, 191, 195–96, 199, 207, 210
letter of, 188–89
Pedroza and, 207
physical appearance of, 193
politics of, 174
real estate business of, 179–83, 188, 195
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 242
Walt project and, 174, 182, 188–89, 191–96, 199–201, 204, 209–10, 212
Hall, Kathryn Walt Cain, 177–78, 180–82, 187, 208, 239
diplomatic mission of, 174, 178
finances and, 174, 178, 191, 199, 210
physical appearance of, 174
Walt project and, 174–75, 182, 188, 191–95, 201, 209–10, 212
Hall Office Park, 180
HALL Wines, 115, 183, 187–88
construction of, 181
demonstrations at, 209
finances and, 178, 181–82
physical appearance of, 177–78
rabbit sculpture at, 177–78, 194, 209
Haraszthy, Agoston, 49, 54
Harlan, H. William, 19–30, 63, 148–49
background of, 7, 20–23, 25–27
Bordeaux and, 22–24
on development, 25–27
finances of, 21–23, 25
global warming and, 29–30
legacy of, 24–25
May’s relationship with, 26–27
Mondavi’s relationship with, 23–24, 28
Napa country club of, 22–23
Parker and, 7
physical appearance of, 23, 26, 29
politics of, 22, 27
Promontory acquired by, 24–25
St. Helena’s commercial development and, 24
two–hundred–year plan of, 25, 27
on winegrowing, 23
Harlan, Will, 24, 29–30
Harlan Estate, 19, 106, 169
financing of, 24
global warming and, 29–30
organic practices of, 30
physical appearance of, 26
rain and, 29
solar power used by, 30
Harold (winemaker), 88
Hayden, Sterling, 21
Healdsburg, Calif., 102
Healy, George Peter Alexander, xxiii
Heitz, Joe, xx, 36, 70, 225
Heitzman, Cindy, 190–92, 194
Heitzman, David:
guitar making of, 190
Walt project and, 190–92
Heitz Wine Cellars, 27
heritage vineyards, 278
Heublein, 12–13
Beaulieu acquired by, 15
Beckstoffer and, 37–40, 43
Hickey, Jim, 64, 67–68, 194
Highway 29, 11–12, 14–16, 22, 42, 44, 80, 92–94, 102, 114, 118, 177, 181, 209, 217, 266, 285
Hobbs, Paul, 37
Hoffnagle, John:
finances and, 146–47, 149
Wildlake and, 143, 145–50, 164
Howell, John, 153
Howell Mountains, Howell Mountain, xxvi, 10, 22, 27, 29, 48, 80, 83, 123, 127, 133–34, 138, 148, 162–64, 197, 212, 217, 226
cabernet of, 139, 144–45, 154, 157–58
Davis and, 156–57, 160, 165
development on, 285
fires and, 129–31, 133, 141, 154, 281, 287
Galbraith’s concerns about, 167
Hackett and, 233–34
soils of, 153–54, 157
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 219, 234, 237–38, 254
Hoxsey, Andy, 60
Humboldt County, Calif., 271
I Love You, 38
immigrants, xxiv, 80, 159
Inglenook Winery, 12–15, 37–39, 116, 118
Beckstoffer and, 38, 42–43
comparisons between Beaulieu and, 14
physical appearance of, 12–14
sale of, 12, 15
investigators, 143, 263
Italians, Italy, xx, xxv, 16, 79, 89, 120, 134, 279
Jack L. Davies Agricultural Fund, 118, 121, 241
Jackson, Jess, 182
Jackson Family Wines, 16
Japan, 29, 52, 250
J. Davies Diamond Mountain wine, 83
Jefferson, Thomas, xxiii–xxvi, 37, 40, 44, 54, 119, 153, 170, 173–74, 181, 183, 217, 231, 276, 279–80
Monticello Vineyards and, xxiii–xxv
vineyard of, xxiv–xxv, 17
wine consumed by, xxv
Johnson, Hiram, 251
Joseph Phelps Vineyards, 92, 169
Juliana parcel, 27
Kendall–Jackson, 7, 63
Kennedy, John F., 166
Kenward, Susan, 109–10
Kenward, Tor, 109–10
Lail, Robin Daniel, 38, 116–17
Lake Berryessa, 132
Lake County, Calif., 146, 271
fires in, 129–41, 154, 166
Lamborn, Bob, 143
Land Trust of Napa County:
Davis issue and, 159, 162–64, 166–68
factions in, 160
finances and, 160
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 248–49
water concerns and, 219
Wildlake and, 143, 145–49, 165, 167
Latour, Fernande de, 237
Latour, Georges de, 14
Legacy Estate Group, 16
Little Walt, 193
Los Angeles, Calif., 16, 20, 99–100, 282
Luce, Henry, 266
Lycée Rochambeau French International School, 51
Lyeth Estate, 49
McCoy, Elin, 6–7
McEachron house, 84, 92
McFarland, Don, 68, 117
Machine in the Garden, The (Marx), 153
McIntyre, Hamden, 12, 15
Madeira, xxv
Malan, Chris, xx, 42, 65, 96, 174, 208, 210, 226, 235
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 237, 243, 251
water concerns and, 219
Malbec, 36
Marge (saxophonist), 88
Marin, Marin County, Calif., 100, 115
Martha’s Vineyard, 26–27
cabernet and, 27, 36, 225
Martini, Louis, 237
Marx, Leo, 153
Matthiasson, Jill, 276–77
Matthiasson, Steve, 276–79
May, Tom, 26–27, 36
Mayacamas Mountains, xxvi, 10, 12, 19, 24–25, 79, 102–3, 153, 203, 237, 261, 273, 279
Mayacamas Vineyards, 98, 169
Mazzei, Filippo, xxv, 279
Meadowood, 23–24, 27
Measure J, 65, 68–70, 101, 159, 167, 242, 252
Measure P, 70, 242
Médoc, 7, 24
Mendelson, Richard, 239
Mendocino, Mendocino County, Calif., 38, 115, 146, 182, 223, 271
Mendoza, Calif., 216
Mennen, Peter and Carlene, 96, 112
Meritage Resort and Spa, 193
merlot, 36, 149, 216, 275–76, 278
Merryvale Vineyards, 114
Mer Soleil Vineyard, 260
Mexicans, Mexico, 26, 79–80, 93, 161
as farm workers, 39, 79, 87, 90, 207
at Schramsberg, 79, 87
Micheli, Lisa, 273–74
Miravalle, 15
Mody, Ketan, 125–27
Mondavi, Cesare, 15–16
Mondavi, Marc, 143–44, 147–48, 190
Mondavi, Margrit Biever, 55
Mondavi, Michael, 55
Mondavi, Peter, Jr., 190
Mondavi, Peter, Sr., xix, 143
Mondavi, Robert, xix, 55, 66, 89, 143, 206, 237
Beckstoffer and, 40–41, 45
Boisset and, 45, 48, 53–54
Harlan’s relationship with, 23–24, 28
To Kalon and, 35
Williams and, 221–22
Mondovino, 48
Montalcino resort, 263
Monticello Road, 187, 271
Monticello Vineyard, xxiii–xxv
Moorehead, Alan, 21
Mooser, William, 12
Morris, William, 42
Morrision, Dave:
education of, 204–5
Walt project and, 193–94, 196, 201, 204–5, 209
Moueix, Christian, 51–53
Mount St. Helena, 12, 16, 93, 154, 162–63, 217
Mufson, Dan, 254
Napa elections and, 209
Walt project and, 192
Muir, John, 160, 235
Munk, Don, 239
Munson Ranch, 187–88
Murchison, Clint, Jr., 180
Napa, Napa County, Calif.:
Airport Specific Zone of, 263–64
auctions in, 23, 48, 206, 264
cancer rates in, xxvi, 207, 246
Chamber of Commerce of, 251
code enforcement actions in, 56–57
commerce vs. nature in, 103
corporate fabric of, 12–14, 24, 44, 54, 59, 63, 65–67, 69–70, 78, 118, 171, 191, 206, 237, 262, 272
crime in, 3
development in, 24–27, 60, 63–67, 70–71, 100–101, 103, 113, 120, 143–44, 154–55, 158–62, 164, 167–68, 173–75, 187–89, 191, 194–95, 197–200, 204, 209, 212, 228–29, 232, 234–35, 237–40, 242, 263–64, 270, 285
droughts in, xx, 129, 131–32, 188, 203, 217, 268, 271
earthquakes in, 173, 190, 234, 285
elections in, 205–9, 211, 232–33, 237–38, 248, 251, 254, 286
event centers in, 44–45, 54, 69–70, 119, 174, 211, 231
failure of winemaking families of, 16–17
fame and notoriety of, xxi–xxii, 4, 39, 41, 61, 247–48
finances and, xxi–xxii, xxvi, 3, 8, 26, 28, 43–44, 59–61, 64–68, 78, 99–100, 104, 126–27, 144, 169, 199–200, 205–6, 227–28, 231–32, 234, 243, 246, 248, 252, 259, 263–64, 266–67, 272, 278–79, 286–87
fires and, 3, 73, 129–41, 154, 281, 283, 286–87
founding of, 166
Fourth of July parade in, 254
in future, 181, 271–74
heat in, 215
herbicide and pesticide use in, 9, 223–24, 227, 246, 271
new imperative for, 181
physical appearance of, xix, xxi–xxii, 12, 60, 74, 131–32, 195, 204, 233, 246, 261, 265, 275, 279–80, 283
politics in, xx, 60–61, 63, 65–66, 96, 111, 175, 178, 206–8, 232–33, 237, 246, 249–50, 260, 263, 285–86
population of, 194
rain in, 28–29, 125, 203, 217–18, 220, 228
real estate in, 9, 15, 22–23, 27–28, 78, 134, 199–200, 205, 227, 232, 234, 270
reputation of, 16–17, 28, 41, 59, 64
roads in, xxvi, 11–12, 14–16, 19, 22, 35, 42, 44, 80, 92–94, 96, 102, 114, 118–19, 129–32, 135–37, 148, 154–57, 173, 177, 181, 183, 186–87, 191, 194, 196, 199, 207, 209, 216–17, 226, 242, 266, 271, 275, 282, 285
soils of, 59, 215, 220, 228
speculation in, 198
success of, xix–xx, 64, 207, 273–74
tourism in, xxvi, 9, 43–44, 59–60, 62, 64, 66, 93, 97, 100, 103, 105, 111, 113–16, 193, 199–200, 206, 209–11, 216, 221, 231–32, 254, 262, 265–66, 271, 283, 287
trailers and trailer courts in, 178, 186, 191, 275–76
tree cutting and stream setbacks in, 175, 190, 198–200, 219, 234–43, 245–54, 270, 286–87
water concerns in, xxi, 162, 167, 173–75, 188–89, 192, 195, 198–99, 201, 213, 217, 219, 225, 229, 238–39, 249, 270–74
wine evaluation and, 6, 8
Napa: The Story of an American Eden (Conaway), xix–xx
Napa Gras celebration, 48–49
Napa River, xxi, 28–30, 62, 175, 211, 224–29, 250
flooding of, 220, 224, 226–28, 273
in future, 273–74
improvement of, 228–29, 240
invasive species in, 224–25
restoring banks of, 224, 226–27
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 237–40
Williams and, 222, 224–25, 227–28
Napa Sierra, 192
Napa State Hospital, 61
Napa Valley College, 186
Napa Valley Grapegrowers, 40, 65, 68, 212, 254
future and, 273
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 237, 239, 241, 245–49, 286
Napa Valley Register, 45, 187–88, 195, 208, 253, 260, 276
Napa Valley Reserve, The, 24
Napa Valley Vintners Association, 65, 68, 92, 268
Davis issue and, 168
elections and, 206, 209
future and, 273
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 237–39, 241, 243, 245, 247–48, 286
wine auctions of, 206
winery permit regulations and, 260
Napa Vision 2050, 208–9, 254
mission of, 193
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 234, 243
water concerns and, 219
National Museum of American History, 222
Native Americans, 79, 141, 187
Nebiule, xxv
Nestlé, 15
New Californians, 267
Newton, Peter, 217
Newton Vineyard, 103, 215–18, 277–78
cabernet and, 216, 218
gardens of, 217
New York Times, 177, 180, 222, 264
Niebaum, Gustave, 12–14, 38
Nixon, Richard, 19–20, 22, 89
Nixon Agonistes (Wills), 20
Notes on the State of Virginia (Jefferson), xxiii–xxiv
Nuits–Saint–Georges, 50
Oakdale, Calif., 138
Oakland, Calif., 21, 201
Oakville, Calif., 35, 49, 228
Oakville Grade, 29
Oakville Grade Road, 19
Ocho, 139
Oldford, Donna, 112–14
One Arts Plaza, 183
One–Straw Revolution, The (Fukuoka), 19
Opus One Winery, 35, 51–52, 266
Orin Swift Cellars, 106–7
Orwell, George, 59, 216, 246–47
O’Shaughnessy, Betty, 148
Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), 20, 157, 287
Pacific Union, 23, 25, 27
Pacific Union College, 233–34
Pahlmeyer, Jayson, 65, 96, 149, 187, 212, 226, 235
Palmaz Vineyards, 207
Palo Alto, Calif., 68, 70
Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve, 106
Paris, 14, 39, 55
Paris Wine Tasting (1976), xxiv, 11, 16–17, 41, 59, 134, 221–22
Parker, Robert M., Jr., 267, 278
demeanor and physical appearance of, 6
and effect of wine on environment, 7
two–hundred–year plan and, 26
wine evaluation and, 5–8, 19, 26
Parrott, Tiburcio, 15
Pauillac, 221
Pedroza, Alfredo, 286
childhood of, 251
electoral campaign of, 206–9, 211, 251
father of, 250–51
financ
es and, 207, 209
physical appearance of, 250
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 251–53
Pelissa, Andy, xx, 60, 89
Pelosi, Nancy, 200, 208
Pepperwood Preserve, 273
Perfect Score, A (Hall and Hall), 178, 195
Pérignon, Dom, 84
petite sirah, 137, 139–40, 190
petit verdot, 36
Phillips, Bob, 113–14
Phinney, Dave, 106–7
Piña, Davie, 155, 226–28
pinot noir, 45, 52, 83, 220, 264–65
Raymond and, 49–50
Pins, Dagmar de, 15
Pins, Madame de, 14–15
“Politics and the English Language” (Orwell), 59
Pope, Mark, 48
Pope Valley, Calif., 27, 131, 164, 182, 187
Posert, Harvey, Jr., 66
Pouilly–Fumé, 74
Prial, Frank, 222
Prisoner, The, 106
Prohibition, 14, 16, 88, 160, 272
Promontory, 19, 28–30, 271
Harlan’s acquisition of, 24–25
organic practices of, 30
private tasting at, 26
rain and, 29
Proposition 13, 101
Proust, Marcel, 47
Putnam, Jennifer, 239, 246, 254
Raycrow, 150–51
Raymond, Walter, 52–53
Raymond brothers, 47–48, 52–53
Raymond Vineyards, 44–54, 60
Beckstoffer and, 44–46, 52, 57, 286
Boisset’s acquisition of, 52
cabernet and, 45, 47, 49
code enforcement action against, 56–57
as corporate, 54
decoration and painting of, 53
Napa Gras celebration at, 48–49
outflow of, 44, 46, 52
party venues of, 45, 47–48, 52–53, 286
tours of, 53
wine club of, 48
Reagan, Ronald, 5, 240
Republicans, 42, 113, 117, 165–66, 195, 207, 251
researchers, research, 30, 170, 192, 205, 263–64
Resolution Trust Corporation, 180
Reunion Industries, 27
Reynolds, Mike, 187–88
Schramsberg and, 182–83
Walt project and, 182, 191, 195–96, 204
Rhine House, 15
Rhône–type wines, 265
Ribolla, Ribolla Gialla, 267, 278
Riddler’s Night Out, The, 82
Robbins, Mike, 138, 222
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park, 142, 147
Robert Mondavi Winery, 15, 67, 232, 267
Mondavi Reserve of, 277
physical appearance of, 12
Romanée–Conti, 74
Rombauer, Irma, 148
Rombauer, Koerner, 148
Roosevelt, Kermit, 27
Roosevelt, Theodore, 27
Rothschild, Baron Philippe de, 6, 35, 45
Roundup, 9, 246
Rudd, Leslie, 118–19
Russia, 8, 87, 92
Russian River, Russian River Valley, 45, 49, 52
Rutherford, Calif., 12, 38, 42, 49–50, 52, 118, 181–82, 208, 222, 225–27