The Wines of the Napa Valley

Larry Walker covers in detail the history of the Napa Valley - one of the world'smost popular wine-producing regions and gives fully comprehensivedescriptions of the grape varieties, viticultural issues, and winemakingtechniques used in all of the wine areas that make up the Napa Valley. There is atopical discussion on recent developments in the wine industry of this region,with in depth coverage of the environmental and ecological factors that affect thewinemakers and their winemaking decisions and that have contributed to thisregion's turbulent winemaking evolution. The core of the book includes up-todatedetails on the top wine producers and profiles their estates and their wines.There are also two detailed maps of the Napa Valley's wine areas.He recommendsvintages to look out for and describes the factors that affect these.