December 5, 2007
Books on Wine: Wine Across America
I came across a profile of a new book called Wine Across America: A Photographic Road Trip in the Stamford Times this week. The book is a photographic account of the 80,000 miles traveled by photographer Charles O’Rear and his wife as they visited wineries in all 50 US states. Being a lover of both wine (especially small American wineries) and photography, I was, of course, smitten by the idea. It is also a confirmation that there is, in fact, at least one winery in all 50 states. According to the book, North Dakota was the last state to officially make wine. The book also notes that over the past 10 years the number of US wineries has nearly doubled to almost 5,000! That in itself is a nice confirmation of the growing interest in American wine and the wine-making process.
Anyway, it looks like a great book and would probably make a great gift for your favorite wine-lover! (hint, hint ;-) I hope it also inspires some readers to challenge themselves to visit wineries in all 50 states!
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