Odes 2 Nap Valley

Odes 2 Nap Valley

Odes to Nap Valley is a collection of poems and songs that were written about people, places, and things that have given me inspiration. Nap Valley is what I call the man in the rock, with the pipe in his mouth, on Monticello Road, on the way to Lake Berryessa. Nap, although your cousin has fallen in New Hampshire, you are still a calming reminder of the Granite and Golden States . . .

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Sideways Uncorked

Two stories unspool in Sideways Uncorked: the story behind Alexander Payne’s modern movie classic adapted from a most unlikely source—an unpublished novel by a burnt-out ex-filmmaker and wine connoisseur Rex Pickett—and the world of Pinot Noir (and Merlot) winemaking before and after Sideways was released. For as Kirk and Mira Advani Honeycutt show, the movie was a pop-culture phenomenon that dramatically impacted the wine industry. Sideways Uncorked offers a tour of the lush Santa Barbara wine country that forms the iconic backdrop to Sideways, tracing the effect the story eventually had there and elsewhere. With ample narrative and special features (such as a wine lineup of recommendations from various wine regions), this is a one-of-a-kind illustrated book that will dazzle the palate of oenophiles and cinephiles alike.