It was while enjoying a friend's bottle of out-of-state wine that renowned Napa Valley wine photographer Charles O'Rear and his wife, Daphne, decided to embark on the ultimate wine road trip. Two years and 80,000 miles later, WINE ACROSS AMERICA presents the fruits of their journey, documenting the passion and pride of winegrowers, winemakers, and wine drinkers from New England to Florida, Alaska to Hawaii, and everywhere in between. The first photography book to showcase American wine country, this lavishly illustrated tribute will inform, entertain, and inspire readers to see and taste the American wine revolution for themselves.

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT WINE ACROSS AMERICA
* The number of wineries in America has more than doubled in the last decade.
* America's first wine was made in Florida in 1564.
* Wine cellars in Missouri that were dug in 1880 are still in use.
* The most visited winery in the United States is in North Carolina, and the second most visited is in Hawaii.
* Besides grapes, wine is also made from blueberries, rhubarb, plums, oranges and pineapple.
* Wine is made in converted barns, stables, churches, schoolhouses, fire stations, and even a bordello.

Customer Review: Coffee-table picture book, not a travel guide to wineries!

Somehow I didn't fully grasp from the Web page that this is a coffee-table picture book of photos of wineries across America--it is NOT a guide or travelogue you could use to visit wineries as you drive across country, which is what I wanted. I allowed myself to be misled by the words "Road Trip" in the title. It's not even a narrative of the authors' driving around the country visiting wineries!

In fact, you can't *use* this book at all, you can only look at the pictures, because there is no map of where these wineries are, or addresses to find them. Not what I had in mind, and this mismatch is why I give it a low score. (As a picture book, though, it's pretty.)

Customer Review: Wine Across America book

Great book, wonderful pictures and nicely done. If you make homemade wine, I think you will love this book, as much as we did.

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