A Toast to Eclipse: Arpad Haraszthy and the Sparkling Wine of Old San Francisco

by Brian McGinty

Book Overview

The sparkling wines of California rival the best French Champagnes today, but their place at our tables came about through careful craftsmanship that began more than a century ago. The predecessor of today's California bubbly was Eclipse Champagne, the first commercially successful California sparkling wine, produced by Arpad Haraszthy in the mid- to late nineteenth century. In A Toast to Eclipse, Brian McGinty offers a definitive history of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806194049
• ISBN13: 9780806194042
• Release Date: February 2024
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"