A Year in the Life of California's Wine Country
As owner and employee of Iron Horse Vineyard and author of 'A Cultivated Life,' Joy is uniquely qualified to present this tale of life, growth, harvest, and rest. She details her hands-on sensitivity to wine and viticulture, while enlightening readers on the history of California wine country in particular.
Appealing to lovers of both fine wines and brilliant photographs, the book is loosely organized by the season of growth building to harvest, as Joy poetically describes her life on Iron Horse Vineyard - the passion for a horticultural life, the prayers for rain, the hope through adversity, a search for favorable omens at the beginning of harvest, and the need for rest when harvest brings more than expeted - as well as the history of wine in California, where the most popular American wines are grown.
Stunningly illustrated with 80 photographs by Andy Katz, this is book is sure to lift the spirits of any oenophile.
