Pacific Pinot Noir A Comprehensive Winery Guide for Consumers & Connoisseurs

Featuring more than 200 in-depth winery profiles, this definitive guide is the best single source of information on world-renowned pinot noirs from California and Oregon. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of a grape variety considered by many to produce the ultimate food wine, John Winthrop Haeger offers this expanded, updated companion volume to his award-winning North American Pinot Noir. Here, with three times the number of winery profiles, he focuses exclusively on what he calls the Pacific Pinot Zone, stretching from the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon to Santa Barbara in California and extending up to 30 miles inland. Each profile contains a brief history, background information, a summary of wines produced now and in back vintages, notes about winegrowing and winemaking techniques, an assessment of the producer's style, and tasting notes. An introductory essay provides an indispensable view of pinot noir in the United States-its history, current status, and the dramatic effect that the movie Sideways has had on its sales and production.

Detailed, descriptive tasting notes include selected vertical tastings

At-a-glance graphics give information on tasting room, price, and production for each winery

Regional maps locate key viticultural areas

Includes contact information for each winery

Praise for North American Pinot Noir:

Every religion needs its scripture. Now pinot noir worshipers have theirs.--

Carol Emert, San Francisco Chronicle

A great resource for serious pinot buffs. . . . Exciting, thought-provoking reading.

--Tara Q. Thomas, Wine & Spirits Magazine

Finally a consumer source book for the Pinothusiast that willdefinitively answer those pressing questions on finding, buying, serving, and storing their beloved beverage.--Claudia Conlon, The Wine News

This book should be in any serious wine lover's library. . . . Haeger has produced the definitive study of North American pinot noir.--Cole Danehower, Northwest Palate Magazine

and#8220;and#8221;Not only is this a handy guide for any pinot-phile, but itand#8217;s also a good read.and#8221;

An invaluable resource for anyone who loves pinot noir.

“Terrific” The Wine News

and#8220;There is no excuse for any serious Pinot Noir lover not to have this new book. . . in their library. and#8220;

A fabulous resource for anyone interested in American pinot noir and#8212; a minefield unless you traverse it with expert guidance.

A useful discussion of the evolution of pinot noir. . . . Wth profiles of more than 200 pinot noir producers in California and Oregon.

and#8220;Will prove useful, informative, and entertaining to anyone who enjoys pinot noir winesand#8212;from the occasional consumer to grape growers and winemakers.and#8221;

“Haeger is relentless and thorough, in noting each producers history and what it does in vineyards and wineries .” Wine Spectator

and#8220;Terrificand#8221;

and#8220;Haeger is relentless and thorough, in noting each producerand#8217;s history and what it does in vineyards and wineries .and#8221;

Featuring more than two hundred in-depth winery profiles, this definitive guide is the best single source of information on world-renowned pinot noirs from California and Oregon. Drawing on his encyclopedic knowledge of a grape variety considered by many to produce the ultimate food wine, John Winthrop Haeger offers this expanded, updated companion volume to his award-winning North American Pinot Noir. Here, with three times the number of winery profiles, he focuses exclusively on what he calls the Pacific Pinot Zone, stretching from the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon to Santa Barbara in California and extending up to thirty miles inland. An introductory essay provides an indispensable view of pinot noir in the United Statesand#151;including the dramatic effect that the movie Sideways has had on its sales and production.

Pacific Pinot Noir features:

* Detailed descriptive tasting notes and selected vertical tastings

* At-a-glance graphics conveying information on tasting rooms, prices, and production for each winery

* Regional maps showing key viticultural areas

* Contact information for each winery

Praise for North American Pinot Noir:

"Every religion needs its scripture. Now pinot noir worshipers have theirs."and#151;Carol Emert, San Francisco Chronicle

"A great resource . . . . Exciting, thought-provoking reading."and#151;Tara Q. Thomas, Wine and Spirits magazine

John Winthrop Haeger is author of North American Pinot Noir (UC Press). Haeger writes about wine for Saveur and other publications.