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"For decades, James Conaway has kept a keen eye on this unusually fecund—and fraught—piece of ground, and has meticulously charted its long, sad decline toward some sort of thematic caricature of itself, a Disney World of the Grape. In this fine book, we see how that decline happened. It’s all here: The titanic egos, the real estate wrangling, the corporate high jinks that, little by little, brought this sun-kissed paradise firmly under the spell of Mammon." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and In the Kingdom of Ice.
“This is a stunning and sad look at how an idyllic community became a victim of its own success…fascinating and well-researched.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
“Characters lifted from soap operas, environmental degradation born of hubris, and out-of-balance wines that smack of masstige: James Conway has written a gossipy allegory for our profit-drunk times.”—John T. Edge, author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South

Napa at Last Light

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    A Paperback / softback by James Conaway

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      Publisher Simon & Schuster
      Published 16 April 2019
      ISBN-13 9781501128462
      978-1501128462
      ISBN-10 1501128469
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      Food & Drink Food and drink: alcoholic beverages

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      "For decades, James Conaway has kept a keen eye on this unusually fecund—and fraught—piece of ground, and has meticulously charted its long, sad decline toward some sort of thematic caricature of itself, a Disney World of the Grape. In this fine book, we see how that decline happened. It’s all here: The titanic egos, the real estate wrangling, the corporate high jinks that, little by little, brought this sun-kissed paradise firmly under the spell of Mammon." —Hampton Sides, bestselling author of Blood and Thunder and In the Kingdom of Ice.
      “This is a stunning and sad look at how an idyllic community became a victim of its own success…fascinating and well-researched.”—Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
      “Characters lifted from soap operas, environmental degradation born of hubris, and out-of-balance wines that smack of masstige: James Conway has written a gossipy allegory for our profit-drunk times.”—John T. Edge, author of The Potlikker Papers: A Food History of the Modern South

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