From the Book - Regular Print
Part 1 Beginnings-Mission Vines, Vignes, and Buena Vista --
Chapter 1 Early California, the Missions, and Their Eponymous (and Tasteless) Grape: 1769-1833 p. 3 --
Chapter 2 "City of Vineyards"-Commercial Winemaking Takes Root in Southern California: 1790s-1890s p. 18 --
Chapter3 Northern California-The Gold Rush, Agoston Haraszthy, and the Roots of the Modern California Wine Industry: 1836-1869 p. 38 --
Chapter 4 After Haraszthy-Sonoma, Napa, and the Confluence of Wealth and Wine: 1860s-1890s p. 65 --
Part II A Bug, a Temblor, a Sunken Liner, and One Bummer of a Law-Four Setbacks --
Chapter 5 Phylloxera and Other Perils: 1873-1900s p. 97 --
Chapter 6 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire: 1906 p. 122 --
Chapter 7 A City Rebuilt, a "War-Ending" War, and an Underattended World's Fair: 1906-1915 p. 137 --
Chapter 8 Ignoble Experiment of Prohibition: 1920-1933 p. 159 --
Part III After Prohibition-Doldrums, Mondavi, and a Tasting in Paris --
Chapter 9 Repeal, Replant, Replenish, Revive: 1933-1940s p. 187 --
Chapter 10 Robert Mondavi's Contagious Passion for Wine: 1950s-1970s p. 220 --
Chapter 11 Stellar Cellars and the Judgment of Paris: 1960s-1976 p. 240 --
Chapter 12 Now That They've Seen Paris-The California Wine Industry Meets the Twenty-First Century: 1976-Present p. 262.