cabernet and, 220, 225
Rutherford Dust Society, 225–27, 240
Rutherford Reach Restoration Project, 273
Sacramento, Calif., 168
Sacrashe Vineyard, 181
St. Helena, Calif., 15, 42, 48–49, 61, 68, 70, 80, 87, 90, 94–107, 109–21, 141, 148, 153, 191–92, 215, 222, 232, 241, 259, 270–71
Chamber of Commerce of, 102–5, 112
Davis issue and, 162, 167
development in, 24, 100, 103, 113
and expansion of Davies Vineyards, 161
expansion of high school in, 120
and expansion of Schramsberg, 94, 107, 110–11, 114–19, 121
finances and, 75, 100, 103–6, 167
fires and, 130, 133, 140
HALL and, 177–78, 181
homeownership in, 106
Napa’s agricultural preserve and, 117
politics in, 100–102, 105, 113, 161, 166, 178
population of, 103, 106, 111
Schoendorf and, 74–75
small winery regulations of, 95–97, 100–102, 106–7
street names in, 112, 119
tourism in, 100, 103, 105, 111, 115–16
water concerns in, 105, 162, 167, 239, 271
wine–related enterprises in, 105–7, 111, 149
Wine Train in, 104
St. Helena Star, 101, 116–17
Saintsbury Winery, 239
Salvestrin, Rich, 119–20, 158
Salvestrin Vineyards & Winery, 115, 119–20, 158
San Francisco, Calif., 21, 23, 28–29, 52, 54–56, 91–92, 115, 146, 167, 187, 190, 252–53, 255, 267, 276–77
San Francisco Bay, 28, 233, 283
San Francisco Chronicle, 8, 92, 278
San Mateo, Calif., 155
San Pablo Bay, 40, 104, 211, 220, 224
Santa Clara Valley, 20, 117
Santa Rosa, Calif., 55, 168, 273
Save Rural Angwin, 160, 193, 234, 236, 241, 254
Schoendorf, Joe, 74–75, 106, 111
Schrader, Fred, 37
Schram, Jacob, 79, 82, 90, 122, 182–83
Schramsberg Vineyards, 77–94, 109–11, 161, 190, 240–41, 277–78
caves of, 82, 89–90
Christmastime at, 83–84
Davieses’ life at, 78–93, 121
Davies’s mother’s death and, 86
expansion of, 93–94, 107, 110–11, 114–19, 121–22
finances and, 85, 91, 122
gardens of, 90
physical appearance of, 82–83, 121
Reynolds and, 182–83
sparkling wines of, 81, 84, 89–90, 93–94, 121
still reds of, 93–94
winemaking at, 88, 90
Schwarz, David, 181
Screaming Eagle cabernet, 106
Senate, Calif., 207, 251
Sentinel Hill, 143, 145
Sequoia National Park, 281–82
Sevier barns, 157
Shanken, Marvin, 6
Shepp, Diane, 208
Shute, Mihaly & Weinberger, 56, 167–68, 238, 249–50, 252–53
Sicily, 266–67
Sierra Club, xx, 65, 96, 160–61, 192, 210, 226, 235
Sierra Nevada, 215, 281–82, 285
Silverado Resort, 207
Silverado Squatters, The (Stevenson), 77
Silverado Trail, 44, 148, 226, 242
Davis and, 155–57, 162
Simpson, Pam, 103–5
slaves, xxv
Smith, Adam, 40
Smith, Marcia “Marky,” 13
Smith, Stu, 112, 246
Smith–Madrone Vineyards & Winery, 112
Smithsonian Institution, 222
Soda Canyon, 192, 264
Solano County, Calif., 121, 153, 185
Sonoma, Sonoma County, Calif., 19, 38, 45, 49, 51, 97, 102, 134, 153, 161, 183, 265, 273
fires in, 287
resistance to wineries in, 111
Sonoma State University, 251
Soutirage, 106
Spanish, Spain, 12, 20, 79, 89, 153
sparkling wines, 48, 81, 83–85, 89–90, 93–94, 121
Spottswoode Estate Vineyard & Winery, 119
Spring Mountain, 112
Spring Mountain Vineyard, 138, 222
Spurrier, Steven, 16
Staglin, Garen and Shari, 195
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars, 16, 221–22, 277–78
Stanford University, xxiii, 25
startups, 113, 260, 264–65, 277
Steinbeck, John, 20
Steiner, Rudolf, 50, 223
Sterling Vineyards, 149, 217
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 77, 79–80
Stralla, Louis, 117
Stults, Rex, 238–39
Suisun Valley, 153
Supreme Court, Calif., 252–53, 255, 286
Supreme Court, U.S., 209, 232
Sutro, Adolph Heinrich, 146
Sutro, Denis, 146–47
Swanson, Clarke, 226
Syar Industries, 207
Tâche, La, 106
tannins, 8, 221
Taylor Wine Company, 220–21
Tchelistcheff, André, 14, 52, 87–88, 225
Teamsters, 20
Telluride, Colo., 104
tequila, 139
terroir, 15, 22, 134, 153, 181, 247, 265
Boisset and, 45
Howell Mountain and, 157
and speculation on origin of wine, 4
To Kalon and, 36
wine evaluation and, 8
This Earth Is Mine, 12
Time, 16, 221, 266
To Kalon:
finances and, 36, 41
grapes and, 35–37, 41, 109, 272
Treasury Wine Estates, 15, 70, 217, 254
Troedsson, Karin, 158–60
Davis issue and, 160, 162–65, 167–69
physical appearance of, 160
Wildlake and, 167
Trump, Donald, 208, 285
Tubbs, Alfred Loving, 16
Turin, xxv
Turley, Helen, 149
Turley, Larry, 149, 221–22
Tuscany, xxv, 22, 186, 277
two–hundred–year plan, 25–27
Ukiah, Calif., 182
United Farm Workers of America, 38, 40
Upper Loire, 74
Vaca Mountains, 22, 153, 197
Valley Fire, 130–41, 154
Viader, Delia, 48
Viader Vineyards, 48, 167
Villaine, Aubert de, 74
Vine Hill Ranch, 113
Vinexpo, 54–55
Vinifera Development Corporation, 38
Virginia, xix, xxiii–xxiv, 109, 279
Voluntary Oak Woodland Management Plan, 249
Vougeot, 50
Wagenknecht, Brad, 149
Wagner, Charlie, 134, 207, 260
Wagner, Chuck, 260
Wall Street Journal, 264, 266
Walt Ranch, 96, 161, 174–75, 182, 188–96, 229, 235
Deep Root on, 199–201, 210
and definition of agriculture, 200
finances and, 183, 194
meetings and hearings on, 193–96, 204, 209, 212
Morrison and, 193–94, 196, 201, 204–5, 209
organizing opposition to, 191–92
potential house sites on, 204, 210, 212
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 190, 199–200, 236
water concerns and, 174, 188–89, 192, 195, 199, 201, 219
Wappo Indians, 187
Water, Forest and Oak Woodland Protection Initiative, 245–55
collecting signatures for, 237–38, 243, 246–49, 251–52, 254, 286
and court challenges, 250, 252–55, 286
demise of, 249–53
drafting of, 237–38
and Hackett, 235–43, 247–51, 253–54
optimism about, 286–87
Watergate, 22, 112
Watson, Stuart, 37
Watts, Alan, 21
Weaver, Don, 29
West
ern Ontario, University of, 269
“Western Solstice” (Wilson), 185
Whack–A–Grape game, 271
White Cottage Road, 129, 131, 134, 136–37, 155
white elephants, xxi, 11–16, 64, 260, 278
Beaulieu and, 14–15
Beringer and, 15
Charles Krug and, 15–16
Chateau Montelena and, 16
Freemark Abbey and, 16
Inglenook and, 12–15
physical appearance of, 11–13
Stag’s Leap and, 16
White Sulphur Springs Resort, 16
Whittier, Calif., 19–20
Wilde, Oscar, 206
Wildlake, 141–50, 185, 212
Beckstoffer and, 166
Coates and, 164, 170
Davis issue and, 157–60, 162, 165–66, 169–70, 236
development and, 154–55
Dunns and, 133, 141–48, 150, 164–65, 236, 281–82
finances and, 144–45, 147–49
fires and, 130, 133–34, 141
history of, 141
Land Trust and, 143, 145–49, 165, 167
merlot named for, 149
owned by hunting club, 141–44, 146, 148–49
physical appearance of, 142, 146–47, 149
proposed preservation of, 143, 145–47, 150
sale of, 143–49
water concerns and, 219
Wild Lake Ranch, 141
Williams, John, 220–27
East Coast experiments of, 222
education of, 220–21
finances and, 220–21, 224
Napa River and, 222, 224–25, 227–28
physical appearance of, 222
on sustainability, 222–24, 227
Williams & Connolly, 166
Williamson Act, Calif., 277–78
Wills, Garry, 20
Wilson, Jim, 185–89, 210
Capell Creek home of, 161, 185–87, 236
finances and, 186–87
Hackett’s relationship with, 235, 237–39, 241–42
interest in mushrooms of, 186–87
physical appearance of, 185
preservationism of, 185
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 235–39, 241–42, 247, 249, 251
Walt project and, 161, 188–89, 192, 236
Wildlake and, 185
Wilson, Leonore, 185–89
childhood of, 187
poetry writing of, 186
Walt project and, 161, 188–89
wine, winemakers, winemaking:
activities of, 174–75
additives in, 8, 272
art and, 23, 28, 53–54
auctions of, 23, 48, 206, 264
by–products of, 14
in corporate fabric, 9
cult, 7, 34, 37, 41, 149, 169, 178, 205, 262, 277
effect on environment of, 7, 9
evaluation of, 5–8, 19, 26, 37, 137, 278
failures of, 16–17
finances and, xxiv–xxvi, 3–5, 7–9, 19, 34, 36–37, 39, 41, 64, 74, 106, 112, 120, 158, 178, 221, 268, 272–73, 278
lifestyle of, xx
marketing and selling of, 33–34, 59, 62, 64, 67, 70, 78, 85, 88, 91–95, 97, 106, 111–12, 175, 188, 221, 237, 260, 264, 267, 270, 278
nature and appeal of, 3–5, 10, 26, 28, 127
speculation on origin of, 4
tastings of, xxiv, 6, 11, 16–17, 26, 33–34, 41, 56, 59, 62, 88, 97, 100, 106–7, 111, 134, 136, 141, 164, 178, 221–22, 225, 246, 263, 270–71
as un–American product, xxiv
Wine Advocate, The, 5–8
wine evaluation and, 5, 7–8, 19, 37
Winegrowers of Napa County, 27, 65, 193–94, 226
and definition of wineries, 211–12
future and, 273
General Plan and, 61, 63, 68
Halls and, 212
Pedroza endorsed by, 206–7, 211
and tree cutting and stream setbacks, 237–38, 241, 245, 247–48, 286
Walt project and, 212
wineries and vineyards:
carbon footprint of, 201, 205, 210
comparisons between factories and, 54
cost of starting up, 113
definition of, 43, 64, 96–97, 100–101, 106–7, 112, 167, 194, 211–12, 241–42
eventing of, 44–45, 54, 64, 69–70, 97, 111, 119, 174
expansion of, 42–44, 64, 66, 97, 234, 240
foreign ownership of, 66
outflow of, 44, 46
physical appearance of, 11–16
regulation of small, 95–97, 100–102, 106–7
serving food at, 61–65, 67
Winery Definition Ordinance, 43, 64, 96, 241
Wine Spectator, 5–8, 37, 278
Wine Train, 104, 113–14, 271
Winiarski, Barbara, xx, 134
Winiarski, Warren, xx, 11, 16, 116
home of, 134
Williams’s relationship with, 221–22
Woodinville, Wash., 16
Woodworth, Paul, 146, 148–49
World War II, 20, 131
Yale University, 145, 192
Younger, William, 3, 9
Young Presidents’ Organization, 42, 182–83
Yount, George, 119
Yountville, Calif., 12, 55, 61, 75, 80, 104, 119, 265, 270–71
Zhou Enlai, 89
zinfandel, 105, 143, 149, 190, 226
Zinfandel Lane, 44
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