Crush: my year as an apprentice winemaker

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Acknowledgments

Part 1. Crush

1. Garagiste

2. Ciel du Cheval: A Wine Lover's Idea of Heaven

Part 2. Washington

3. The Founding Fathers of the Washington Wine Industry

4. Betz Family Winery

5. DeLille Cellars: The Art of Blending

6. Decision-Making at Canoe Ridge

7. Picking Grapes

8. Fermentation and Fruit Flies

9. Tom Cooks

10. Pressing: The Merlot Mobile

Part 3. Oregon

11. Learning the Secrets of Making Killer Pinot Noir

12. Beaux Frères: Avoiding Getting Lee-ed

13. Tony Soter: Pinot Noir as an Expression of Place

14. Ken Wright Visit: Wine as Fundamentally Spiritual

Part 4. My Wine Journey

15. Falling in Love with Wine

16. On Hallowed Ground: Visiting Bordeaux and the Great Growths

Part 5. California

17. Robert Mondavi: Transforming the Tastes of the Nation

18. Stag's Leap: The Search for an American Arcadia

19. Opus One: The Place Made the Wine

20. Cain Vineyard and Winery: Letting the Land Speak

Part 6. A Question of Balance

21. Taking Stock: Should I Go Pro?

22. Wine with Dinner

23. The Connoisseur: Dan McCarthy

24. The Heart of Hospitality: Searching for the Spirit of Domaine Tempier

25. Bottling Party

Bibliographic Essay

Index.