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Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa
Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of
American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story
of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the
history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the
law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the
moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the
governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to
the present day - and to the emergence of an authentic and
significant wine culture. He explains how current laws shape the
wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing,
appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic
and international commerce.As he explores these and other legal and
policy issues, Mendelson lucidly highlights the concerns that have
made wine alternatively the demon or the darling of American
society - and at the same time illuminates the ways in which lives
and livelihoods are affected by the rise and fall of social
movements.
Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa
Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of
American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story
of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the
history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the
law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the
moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the
governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to
the present day - and to the emergence of an authentic and
significant wine culture. He explains how current laws shape the
wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing,
appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic
and international commerce. As he explores these and other legal
and policy issues, Mendelson lucidly highlights the concerns that
have made wine alternatively the demon or the darling of American
society - and at the same time illuminates the ways in which lives
and livelihoods are affected by the rise and fall of social
movements.
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