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Informationen zum Autor George Gmelch is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco and Union College. He is author of 11 books and numerous articles, many of which have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Psychology Today, Society, and Natural History. Sharon Bohn Gmelch is Professor of Anthropology at the University of San Francisco and Roger Thayer Stone Professor of Anthropology atUnion College. She is author of 7 books, including Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman , The Tlingit Encounter with Photography, and Tourists and Tourism . Klappentext Their stories provide unexpected and entertaining insights into this new form of tourism, the people who engage in it, its impact on a now iconic place, and American consumer culture in the 21st century. Zusammenfassung Luxury tourism in California's wine country Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Tasting the Good Life 1. The Napa Valley-a Brief History 2. The Tourism of Taste 3. Consuming Place: Napa's Culinary Terroir 4. From Vine to Wine Vineyard Foreman: Juan Martinez Vineyard Manager: Jim Lincoln Winemaker: Pam Starr 5. Touring and Tasting Wine Educator: Ellen Flora Tasting Room Consultant: Craig Root Tasting Room Server: Jim McCullough Salonnier: Shawn LaRue Wine Tour Guide: Don Partier 6. Food and Fine Dining The French Laundry: Thomas Keller The Front of the House: Salvador Aguilara and Josefina Gonzales Napa Valley Cooking School: Barbara Alexander From Back to Front of the House: Edgar Bonilla 7. Napa's Other Pleasures Wine Train: Melodie Hilton Massage: Claude Smith Hot Air Ballooning: Joyce Bowen Bike Tours: Brad Dropping Art Gallery: Paul Thoren 8. Tourism, Quality of Life, and the Future of Napa Acknowledgments Notes Glossary Bibliography Index ...
List of contents
Introduction: Tasting the Good Life
1. The Napa Valley-a Brief History
2. The Tourism of Taste
3. Consuming Place: Napa's Culinary Terroir
4. From Vine to Wine
Vineyard Foreman: Juan Martinez
Vineyard Manager: Jim Lincoln
Winemaker: Pam Starr
5. Touring and Tasting
Wine Educator: Ellen Flora
Tasting Room Consultant: Craig Root
Tasting Room Server: Jim McCullough
Salonnier: Shawn LaRue
Wine Tour Guide: Don Partier
6. Food and Fine Dining
The French Laundry: Thomas Keller
The Front of the House: Salvador Aguilara and Josefina Gonzales
Napa Valley Cooking School: Barbara Alexander
From Back to Front of the House: Edgar Bonilla
7. Napa's Other Pleasures
Wine Train: Melodie Hilton
Massage: Claude Smith
Hot Air Ballooning: Joyce Bowen
Bike Tours: Brad Dropping
Art Gallery: Paul Thoren
8. Tourism, Quality of Life, and the Future of Napa
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
