From demon to darling : a legal history of wine in America / Richard Mendelson ; foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi.
Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told...
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| Alternate Title: | Legal history of wine in America |
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from JSTOR |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009. |
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| Summary: | Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day--and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine c. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 302 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-271) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520943209 0520943201 1283277166 9781283277167 9786613277169 6613277169 |
| Access: | Access limited to authorized users. |