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Sixty-one drawings and sketches in the book are contributed by one of the authors and colorfully depict the sea, the ancient towns, the olive trees, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe authors' stories and descriptions are each from a different perspective--on the book's cover, they identify themselves as The Traveler, The Raconteur, The Music Maker, The Sketcher, and The Cook--and each offers the reader a more insightful picture of Salento than is typical of the usual travel guide. Dr. Vincent Fausone, former President of the Board of San Francisco's Italian Museum observes, \"\u003cem\u003eEach contributor reveals his\/her personal and family history, blemishes and all. . . . 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Why are locally grown and produced wines so often disdained when locally grown food is upheld as the gold standard? The U.S. wine industry has lagged behind Europe's for far too long for reasons that have little to do with taste or quality, and Prohibition's disruption of domestic wine production provides only part of the explanation. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eChasing Cynthiana\u003c\/i\u003e Lynn Hamilton reveals that Americans have far more wine options than they realize. One of those options, made from Norton grapes, has a rich but mostly forgotten history, entwined with the pioneering of America's western states. But Norton (also known as Cynthiana) is often pushed aside to make way for wine varietals from France and Italy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIs the wine drinker's preference for certain grapes rooted in necessity or tradition? How will climate change alter America's traditional wine regions? 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She blogs on environmental policy and animal advocacy and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eFlorence Nightingale: A Life Inspired\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFlorence Nightingale's Sister\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eGandhi: A Life Inspired\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 8.6 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58916767400280,"sku":"9781640126176","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/1220\/7960\/files\/jJGUgdv_KO9781640126176.webp?v=1792806980"},{"product_id":"blood-from-a-stone-a-memoir-of-how-wine-brought-me-back-from-the-dead-paperback","title":"Blood From a Stone: A Memoir of How Wine Brought Me Back from the Dead - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam S. McHugh\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMen's Journal Best Wine Books 2023 and André Simon Food and Drink Book Award Longlist\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is the story of how wine brought me back from the dead.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus begins Adam McHugh's transition through the ending of one career--as a hospice chaplain and grief counselor--into the discovery of a new life in wine among the grapevines of the Santa Ynez Valley of California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the corkscrewing tale of how I got to Santa Ynez, eventually, and the questions that came up along the way,\" he continues. \"You and I are going to take a long wine tour together on our way there, and we will make plenty of stops for a glass and some local wine history. As you will see, I reached into the old, old story of wine in order to find my new story, which begins, as so many wine love stories do, in the French countryside.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith warmth and wit, Adam tells the story of what happens when things fall apart and when where you live no longer feels like home. From the south of France to Champagne to the California central coast, the trail winds toward new life and healing through the good gifts of wine, friendship, and a sense of place. Pour a glass and join the adventure.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam McHugh is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eBlood from a Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIntroverts in the Church\u003c\/i\u003e. He has worked as a hospice chaplain and as a sommelier. He is probably the only writer to have been published in both \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWine Enthusiast\u003c\/i\u003e. 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Camuto\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Wine Book of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Best Wine Book of 2021\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of the Best Wine Books of 2021 by Henry Jeffreys, timatkin.com\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouth of Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e begins and ends in American writer Robert Camuto's maternal ancestral town of Vico Equense, Italy--a tiny paradise south of Naples on the Sorrento Peninsula. It was here in 1968, at ten years old, that the author first tasted Italian life, spending his own summer of love surrounded by relatives at the family's seaside pizzeria and restaurant. 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And here Camuto finds hope that this way of life can continue. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCamuto's fine-grained storytelling in this series of portraits takes us beyond the usual objective views of viniculture nto the elusive and magical world of Italian \"South-ness.\" While on one level able to create an instructive narrative about Southern Italy's twenty-first-century wine and cultural renaissance, Camuto's unswerving eye juxtaposes the good and the bad--immeasurable beauty and persistent blight, anti-mafia forces and corruption, hope for the future and fatalism--in a land that remains an infinite source of fascination and sensory pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert V. Camuto\u003c\/b\u003e is a freelance writer and author of \u003ci\u003eCorkscrewed: Adventures in the New French Wine Country \u003c\/i\u003e(Nebraska, 2008) and \u003ci\u003ePalmento: A Sicilian Wine Odyssey\u003c\/i\u003e (Nebraska, 2010). He is a contributing editor to \u003ci\u003eWine Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and columnist for winespectator.com. 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