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Exploring Wine Regions – California Central Coast is the third book in the award-winning series, now exploring lesser-known areas of California’s wine regions. Beyond the familiar Napa and Sonoma, the Central Coast Wine Regions are producing top-level, high-quality wines, and the tourism is extraordinary. This book takes you on a journey to discover these amazing wines; combining wine education, insiders travel guide and spectacular photography. Higgins again dazzles his audience with another informative and beautiful book.
Tourism along the central coast of California is unmatched. The beaches, mountains and valleys are ever so enchanting. The wineries are engaging, have lots of tourism activities available, and are especially inviting and friendly, unlike other wine regions. It’s not uncommon to find the vintner or winemaker at the tasting room wanting to share their stories and their love of wine with you. Both connoisseurs and novices turn to this book series for insider information and inspiration. It is a must-have book for expanding your knowledge of California and its wines.
With 436 full-color pages and over 800 photographic images, this third edition explores California’s Central Coast regions of Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County (including Paso Robles) and Santa Barbara County. With breathtaking photography and personal commentary, readers are mesmerized by the world of wine, food and travel. Extensive resources are provided for wine lovers who want to know where to go, what to look for, and how to discover their favorite wines by understanding the terroir.
About the Series
Exploring Wine Regions is a unique book series that incorporates the beauty of a quality coffee table piece, an elaborate travel guide, an inspiring wine education, spectacular photography, and captivating adventures into the depths of travel, food and wine connoisseurship. It is the leading insiders guide to exploring the wine regions of the world… uncovering extraordinary winemakers, chefs and sommeliers. It includes detailed information to plan and travel to see the most interesting wineries, restaurants and resorts located in these beautiful wine regions. Agronomists, oenologists, vintners, chefs, sommeliers, and outdoor adventurers are interviewed in-depth to give you the inside track to Exploring Wine Regions of the world.
From the Publisher
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Michelin Star Dining at JUSTIN Winery
California Central Coast book – Paso Robles
Wineries
Underground Wine Cellar at O. Fournier Winery
Argentina book – Valle de Uco, Mendoza
Vineyards
The Vineyards of Château Latour & Château Pichon Baron
Bordeaux France book – Pauillac Appellation, Médoc
Explore the World’s Wine Regions with Michael Higgins!
What makes this Books Series unique?
There are no other books that offer anything close to this series…
• The books are focused on traveling to Wine Regions, with specific information on visiting
wineries, restaurants, lodging (in the vineyards), attractions and entertainment
• They are insiders travel guides of coffee-table beauty
• Every wine region is personally explored by Michael Higgins
• Hundreds of spectacular color photographs in each book
Deciding what wine to give? No problem, this is the PERFECT GIFT everyone loves.
“The ULTIMATE BOOK for wine lovers”
– DEPARTURES Magazine, The Lifestyle Magazine of American Express
Nineteen Total Awards
Best Photography Book of the Year
by American BookFestby Literary Excellence of Ontario Canada
Awarded Best Travel Book of the Year: by New York City Big Book Award by Independent Publisher Book Awards by Independent Book Publishers Association by American BookFest by Independent Press Awards by Literary Excellence of Ontario Canada
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Available 10/1/2024
Publisher : International Exploration Society
Publication date : October 3, 2023
Language : English
Print length : 436 pages
ISBN-10 : 0996966048
ISBN-13 : 978-0996966047
Item Weight : 2.75 pounds
Dimensions : 8.5 x 0.9 x 8.5 inches
Book 3 of 4 : Exploring Wine Regions (Book Series)
Best Sellers Rank: #791,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #558 in Wine (Books) #598 in Homebrewing, Distilling & Wine Making #752 in Travel Pictorial Reference Books
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