The Wines of California

California is one of the world's most feted wine regions. Elaine Chukan Brown, one of the world's leading authority on the region, analyses all of the main AVAs, from the North Coast, to the celebrated Napa and Sonoma Valleys.

"It's less of a traditional reference book and more of a meditation on place - through its people, purpose, and possibility. With a healthy yet necessary and perhaps overdue dose of historical context, political awareness, nuance, and care, they offer a portrait of Cal...