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Deutschman, Alan
ISBN: 9780767907033
Format: Hardback
Publisher:Broadway Books
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When acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky house guest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism, prestige, and wealthy excess, and the neighboring Sonoma Valley, a rag…
When acclaimed journalist Alan Deutschman came to the California wine country as the lucky house guest of very rich friends, he was surprised to discover a raging controversy. A civil war was being fought between the Napa Valley, which epitomized elitism, prestige, and wealthy excess, and the neighboring Sonoma Valley, a rag-tag bohemian enclave so stubbornly backward that rambunctious chickens wandered freely through town. But the antics really began when new-money invaders tried to push out Sonoma's poets and painters to make way for luxury resorts and trophy houses that seemed a parody of opulence. Deutschman found that on the weekends the wine country was like a bunch of gracious hosts smiling upon their guests, but during the week the families feuded with each other and their neighbors like the Hatfields and McCoys. Napa was a comically exclusive club where the super-rich fought desperately to get in. Sonoma's colorful free spirits and iconoclasts were wary of their bohemia becoming the next playground for the rapacious elite. So, led by a former taxicab driver and wine-grape picker, a cheese merchant, and an artist who lived in a barn surrounded by wild peacocks, they formed a populist revolt to seize power and repel the rich invaders. Deutschman's cast of characters brims with eccentrics, egomaniacs, and a mysterious man in black who crashed the elegant Napa Valley Wine Auction before proceeding to pay a half-million dollars for a single bottle.
| ISBN | 0767907035 | | DEWEY | 979.418 | | ISBN13 | 9780767907033
(What's this?) | | Pages | 221 | | Publisher | Broadway Books | | Volumes | 1 | | Imprint | BROADWAY BOOKS | | Weight (grammes) | 454 | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 241 | | Publication date | 01 Apr 2003 | | Width (mm) | 163 | | Library of Congress | 2002026248 | |
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