Author Alan Deutschman, "A Tale of Two Valleys" a non-fiction book on Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma Valleys

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A Tale of Two Valleys: Wine, Wealth and the Battle for the Good Life in Napa and Sonoma
Journalist Deutschman digs deep to find the contrast between the luxurious Napa Valley and its more bohemian cousin Sonoma. Deutschman discovers a struggle for the "soul of a place" and a cautionary example of destructive sprawl. Though he is dazzled by the thought of actually drinking a $500,000 bottle of wine with a Napa vintner, Deutschman finds a soft spot for a band of subversive merry pranksters in Sonoma who fight developers to preserve that valley's quirky way of life.

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Pages: 240
Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (May 11, 2004)
ISBN: 0767907043

	"... ardent and amusing travelogue"
	"Insightful... robust and full-bodied"
	"chronicles the efforts of local bohemians & iconoclasts in Northern California's wine country..."
	"...a highly readable account of life and strife in...California"
	"Drama glass by glass... (Deutschman) is a fine reporter."
	"Fine Whines and Sour Grapes"
	"...Something to savor, perhaps with a good cheese. "
Wine Country Living	"Just the right style: wry, fast-paced and continually bemused."
Organic Style Magazine	"His dishy book is nearly a genre buster -- the comic noir."
	"Nothing makes for better summer reading..."
	"Deutschman...spent a year ...watching the struggle between tradition and change."
	"a moment in time just ... before the dot-com bubble burst."

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