Napa Valley: A View from Above

by Charles Feil

Book Overview

Within the 112 pages of "Napa Valley - A View from Above," you'll see Napa Valley CA as never seen before. Sit back. View the valley's awesome landscape. Learn about the history and offerings of a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971406707
• ISBN13: 9780971406704
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: VFA Publishing
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 11.0" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up

Customer Reviews

A visual masterpiece

Stunning photographs of America's number one wine region. Every page of this masterpiece is a feast for the eyes.

breathtaking!

If you have no idea where the Napa Valley is, or that it is an exquisite little Eden, & if you like the wines that come to you from this delightful part of California, then A VIEW FROM ABOVE NAPA VALLEY will be a grand adventure.Come fly with Charles Feil in his gyroplane, & see the mists over the patchworks of vineyards, the rows of vines as they undulate over rolling hillsides, the startling & poignant blends of water, trees, roads & fields; catch glimpses of the elegant architecture of the wineries, hot airballoons over sunset fogs.Perhaps the most telling feature, as we glide above this inspiring landscape, is that all the things we human have made are foursquare & angled, whereas all the vines nurtured & groomed, are in flowing patterns following the contours of the earth.There are so many photos that take my breath away & the fabric of corduroy often came to mind.A great gift idea!

A glider's-eye view without the glider

Not to brag, but I have personally seen California's famed Napa Valley, the foremost wine-growing region in America, from above - courtesy of a half-hour glider tour I took some years ago. Of course the sights I saw from that airborne vantage point have faded from memory, so I was pleased to receive this lovely book that provides much of the same experience to the general reader (without requiring you to strap into a fiberglass flying machine). A number of towns, well-known vineyards, and geographic features such as the Napa hills and Lake Berryessa are all seen here from the expert eagle's-eye view. This book is one in a series from veteran high-flying photographer Charles Feil; through his lens you can also look down on Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Key West. If you want to get the lay of the land before planning a trip to Napa, this volume provides a spectacular overview. - D. Patrick Miller for the FEARLESS REVIEWS

An enthusiastically recommended sky-high feast for the eyes

Napa Valley: A View From Above By Charles Feil And Ernest Rose is a full-color photographic celebration of the renowned wine-making Napa Valley of California. Sweeping aerial views dominate the lavish expanse of this remarkable book; few captions interrupt the majesty of the images themselves. Napa Valley: A View From Above is an enthusiastically recommended sky-high feast for the eyes of Napa Valley's natural and cultivated wonders.

Stunning!

I was lucky enough to spend three days in the Napa Valley twenty years ago and I've always wished that my family and I had spent more time there than in San Francisco. But now, thanks to Charles Feil and Ernest Rose, I can go back to Napa again and again and again.Stunning is the only adjective that accurately describes the photographs in this wonderful coffee table book. From "a churning sea of fog (that) floods the landscape" to hot air balloon drifting over the Valley and the delightful changes of the seasons, Napa Valley---A View from Above takes viewers on their own little vacation to paradise!Wine lovers, artists, nature lovers and everyone in between will enjoy the small inscription of the seven regions and the many wineries that make California a top-notch competitor for wines, romance, climate and sheer beauty with the most enviable regions of France and Italy.Come, put your feet up, and take a mini-vacation right there on your couch and enjoy the fabulous views of Napa Valley!