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- EAN
- 9781250113894
- UPC
- 9781250113894
- ISBN
- 9781250113894
- MPN
- N/A
- Format
- Paperback, 336 pages
- Book Title
- Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Ar
- Item Height
- 2.5 cm
- Item Length
- 20.6 cm
- Item Weight
- 0.25 kg
- Item Width
- 13.7 cm
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Press
- Topic
- Wine, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, General
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A New York Times Bestseller On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately set by a passionate oenophile named Mark Anderson, a skilled con man and thief with storage space at the warehouse who needed to cover his tracks. With a propane torch and a bucket of gasoline-soaked rags, Anderson annihilated entire California vineyard libraries as well as bottles of some of the most sought-after wines in the world. Among the priceless bottles destroyed were 175 bottles of Port and Angelica from one of the oldest vineyards in California made by Frances Dinkelspiel's great-great grandfather, Isaias Hellman, in 1875. Sadly, Mark Anderson was not the first to harm the industry. The history of the California wine trade, dating back to the 19th Century, is a story of vineyards with dark and bloody pasts, tales of rich men, strangling monopolies, the brutal enslavement of vineyard workers and murder. Five of the wine trade murders were associated with Isaias Hellman's vineyard in Rancho Cucamonga beginning with the killing of John Rains who owned the land at the time. He was shot several times, dragged from a wagon and left off the main road for the coyotes to feed on. In her new book, Frances Dinkelspiel looks beneath the casually elegant veneer of California's wine regions to find the obsession, greed and violence lying in wait. Few people sipping a fine California Cabernet can even guess at the Tangled Vines where its life began.
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
125011389x
ISBN-13
9781250113894
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038815867
Product Key Features
Language
English
Topic
Wine, Beverages / Alcoholic / Wine, General
Dimensions
Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
10.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Book Title
Tangled Vines : Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California
Reviews
"Clear and absorbing, a reminder that no matter how much beauty and poetry we may find in the glass, for many it's ultimately all about the money." - Eric Asimov, The New York Times "From its explosive prologue to the very last sentence, Frances Dinkelspiel has written an utterly riveting true crime book... Unlike... the wine collectors in Tangled Vines, I cannot taste 'the earth, the sun, the sky, and the steady hand of the winemaker in that glass.' But I know a spectacular book when I read one." - The Los Angeles Book Review "The most engrossing and engaging book about Napa Valley since James Conaway's two-volume saga, "Napa" and "The Far Side of Eden." - The Washington Post "Dinkelspiel is at her best... page-turning." - San Francisco Chronicle "An engaging read" - San Jose Mercury News "Dinkelspiel's stunning new look at the dark side of California wine, you won't want to get up until you've devoured the entire book... [An] uncommon page-turner. Dinkelspiel has woven skillfully three distinct yet inextricable narratives into a book that will inform and fascinate readers for years to come. While the stories she tells are engrossing on their own, it is her steady journalistic tone, backed by prodigious and painstaking research, that gives this book its power and allure." - Berkeleyside's "Nosh Weekly" "More than just a crime story, this is a book about the wealth, passion, and murky reality shaped by life inside the twisted vines of California's most revered crop... An enjoyable read for wine connoisseurs and neophytes alike." -- Kirkus Reviews "The author's gripping descriptions of the fire and its aftermath, her unflinching narrative, and her vast knowledge of the subject matter make this a page-turner for both wine aficionados and casual tasters." -- Publishers Weekly "I gulped down this page-turning chronicle of big egos, bold Cabernets, and brazen wine wars. Frances Dinkelspiel vividly captures the wild early years of California's wine industry as well as the modern crime revealing the dark obsession some people have for wine. I'll never look at a bottle of Napa Valley Cabernet in quite the same way again." -- Julia Flynn Siler, New York Times bestselling author of House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty "The author is deeply rooted in the Golden State's financial history, as anyone knows who read her excellent Towers of Gold. Now we find that terroir's part of that story, too. A family member's bottled heirlooms passed down through generations fall victim to a bizarre crime, and the author's drawn in by a sense of loss, anger, and curiosity. How could even an unhinged perpetrator of the worst case of wine arson in California history destroy vintages bearing some of the biggest names in West Coast viticulture, and apparently get away with it? Dinkelspiel weaves together strands of past and present in an enthralling narrative that binds the reader to the investigation and to her personal triumph." -- James Conaway, New York Times bestselling author of Napa: The Story of an American Eden "History, wine and crime intertwine in this fascinating page-turner. Dinkelspiel travels in time to create a dark and deep portrait of three centuries of California wine culture." -- Davia Nelson of NPR's "Kitchen Sisters" " Tangled Vines is a captivating account of how a wine connoisseur became one of the most notorious wine criminals in history. Dinkelspiel deftly weaves his true tale into the rich, colorful, and at times shady history of California wine. A delicious read." -- Allison Hoover Bartlett, author of The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary Obsession
Table of Content
Prologue: A Fire Is Set Introduction PART ONE: DESTRUCTION 1. The Mystery of Wine 2. All Is Lost 3. The Wrecked Remains 4. A Soggy, Charred Mess 5. Joe Sausalito PART TWO: INVENTION 6. The Beginning of Rancho Cucamonga 7. Wine Fever 8. Blood on the Land PART THREE: FABRICATION 9. Sausalito Cellars 10. For the Love of Wine 11. Wine Fraud PART FOUR: EXPANSION 12. The Struggle for Recognition 13. The Era of the Great San Francisco Wine Houses 14. The Wine War 15. Earthquake and Fire PART FIVE: DECEPTION 16. Theft and Deception 17. Dismay 18. The Trap is Set 19. Delay PART SIX: REDEMPTION 20. Legacy Epilogue
Format
Trade Paperback
Intended Audience
Trade
Publication Year
2016
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Cooking, Antiques & Collectibles
Number of Pages
336 Pages
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