Shenandoah Valley and Amador Wine Country (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780738556031)

The grape has been grown and fermented into wine in the foothills of Amador County since the first days of the Gold Rush. While many dreamed of overnight riches in the gold fields, others saw wealth in the region's red soils and Mediterranean climate, patiently planting gardens and orchards, wheat, and vine. These vines, some of the oldest zinfandel in California, have produced distinctive wines in a viticultural tradition that has survived the ravages of mining, disease, and Prohibition. After Prohibition, the region slipped into quiet jug production until its rediscovery in the 1960s. While the Shenandoah Valley is undeniably the heart of Amador's winemaking region today, vineyards flourished historically from Sutter Creek to Fiddletown, from Jackson to Ione, and tasting rooms are open countywide.

Author: Kimberly Wooten, R. Scott Baxter
ISBN-10: 0738556033
ISBN-13: 9780738556031
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Language: English
Published: 02/06/2008
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.71lbs
Size: 9.23h x 6.57w x 0.34d