Napa Valley: The Ultimate Winery Guide Revised and Updated (3rd Edition) by Antonia Allegra and Richard Gillette

The beautiful Napa Valley now has over 300 wineries, attracting over 10 million visitors per year. Now in its third edition, Antonia Allegra's revised and updated Napa Valley is an indispensible guide to this increasing popular destination.

Napa Valley provides substantial new information on the best wineries of the area, including up-to-date directions and tasting-room hours, an improved regional map, and fun anecdotes and local history. Illustrated throughout with Richard Gillette's full-color photographs of wineries and filled with information on wine making and profiles of the local vintners, Napa Valley offers a captivating look at America's premier wine region.

About the Author
Antonia Allegra is a travel and food writer and the former editor in chief of Appellation, a wine country lifestyle magazine. She lives in St. Helena, California. Richard Gillette is the photographer for Mendocino: The Ultimate Wine & Food Lovers' Guide and Sonoma: The Ultimate Winery Guide. He lives in Cloverdale, California. Robert Mondavi is the founder of Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville, California.

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