Crush

The Triumph of California Wine

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Pub Date Sep 04 2018 | Archive Date Feb 16 2019

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Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. A dream dashed four times in merciless succession until it was ultimately realized in a stunning blind tasting in Paris. In that tasting, in the year of America's bicentennial, California wines took their place as the leading wines of the world.

For the first time, Briscoe tells the complete and dramatic story of the ascendancy of California wine in vivid detail. He also profiles the larger story of California itself by looking at it from an entirely innovative perspective, the state seen through its singular wine history.

With dramatic flair and verve, Briscoe not only recounts the history of wine and winemaking in California, he encompasses a multidimensional approach that takes into account an array of social, political, cultural, legal, and winemaking sources. Elements of this history have plot lines that seem scripted by a Sophocles, or Shakespeare. It is a fusion of wine, personal histories, cultural, and socioeconomic aspects.

Crush is the story of how wine from California finally gained its global due. Briscoe recounts wine’s often fickle affair with California, now several centuries old, from the first harvest and vintage, through the four overwhelming catastrophes, to its amazing triumph in Paris.

Look. Smell. Taste. Judge. Crush is the 200-year story of the heady dream that wines as good as the greatest of France could be made in California. A dream dashed four times in merciless succession...


Advance Praise

"In a tour de force of scholarship, fine writing, and multifaceted format, Crush describes the process of how California introduced wine to America and how wine helped to create contemporary California. With verve and amplitude, Briscoe evokes the alchemy through which wine—as agriculture, as vintners' art, as connoisseurship in dialogue with advanced and popular taste alike—helped define California as a regional civilization." —Kevin Starr, former professor of history and California State Librarian

"Crush is simply superb—both as history and story-telling. The Paris tasting and its aftermath was a transformative moment in California's cultural history. This immensely readable book captures the excitement, the fun, and the astonishment of the event." —Dana Gioia, Poet Laureate of California

"In a tour de force of scholarship, fine writing, and multifaceted format, Crush describes the process of how California introduced wine to America and how wine helped to create contemporary...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781943859498
PRICE $34.95 (USD)
PAGES 552

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I ❤️ CRUSH, a captivating history of wine in The Golden State. It is a gorgeously conceived and written saga, novelistic even, especially as it recounts how California won the coveted Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. Highly recommended!

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I enjoyed this look at the wine industry. i consider myself a wine fan so it is always interesting to learn about something I enjoy so much. The author was insightful and engaging and i would recommend this book to others.

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