"A History of Wine in America" is the definitive account of
winemaking in the United States, first as it was carried out under
Prohibition, and then as it developed and spread to all fifty
states after the repeal of Prohibition. Engagingly written,
exhaustively researched, and rich in detail, this book describes
how Prohibition devastated the wine industry, the conditions of
renewal after Repeal, the various New Deal measures that affected
wine, and the early markets and methods. Thomas Pinney goes on to
examine the effects of World War II and how the troubled postwar
years led to the great wine boom of the late 1960s, the spread of
winegrowing to almost every state, and its continued expansion to
the present day. The history of wine in America is, in many ways,
the history of America and of American enterprise in microcosm.
Pinney's sweeping narrative comprises a lively cast of characters
that includes politicians, bootleggers, entrepreneurs, growers,
scientists, and visionaries. Pinney relates the development of
winemaking in states such as New York and Ohio; its extension to
Pennsylvania, Virginia, Texas, and other states; and its notable
successes in California, Washington, and Oregon. He is the first to
tell the complete and connected story of the rebirth of the wine
industry in California, now one of the most successful winemaking
regions in the world.
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