Sparkling Harvest: The Seasons of the Vine

by Jamie Davies and Jack Davies

Schramsberg Vineyards, in the Napa Valley, were visited by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1880. Since his time both Schramsberg and Californian wines have evolved dramatically. This book is their story, written by Schramsberg's owners who rescued and revitalized the site in 1965.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810912473
• ISBN13: 9780810912472
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 2.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 9.3" x 12.3"
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary

Customer Reviews

Sparkling Harvest - A sparkling book

This autobiographical and historical look at Schramsberg and its important role as the leader in American Sparkling Wine. It is written by the owners, Jack and Jamie Davies, in a down to earth, easy to undertstand style. Learn about their vision and pioneering determination to do something that had yet to be done in America, to produce Sparkling wine made the traditional way as done in Champagne, France. The book is filled with wonderful stories, delicious recipes and gorgeous photgraphy. Jim Alinder, demonstrates his Ansel Adams prowess with the camera. This tasteful picture book covers all seasons and aspects of the making of great Sparkling wine in both color and black and white photography. This book is a must have for any coffee table or wine enthusiast.

A gorgeously illustrated story of Schramsberg Vineyards.

This coffee-table book actually makes great reading! It has splendid color and duotone pictures of the winery, the caves, the vineyards and the surrounding Napa Valley landscape in all four seasons of the year. In addition to telling how they transformed a mountain-side wilderness back into the Napa Valley's leading producer of fine champagnes (President Nixon took several cases of Schramsberg champagne to China to toast Chou en Lai), the Davies have included excerpts from Robert Louis Stevenson's "Silverado Squatters" describing his visit in its heyday 100 years earlier, and the story of how Jacob Schram, an imigrant German barber, was able to save enough to buy, clear and plant his mountain vineyard and dig the caves that have now been expanded to house more than 2,000,000 bottles fermenting today to become tomorrow's finest champagnes. The chapter with Jamie's collection of special recipes and menus for fine dining make this more than just a book for lovers of fine wine and great photographs!