American Rh�one : how Maverick Winemakers changed the way Americans drink / Patrick J. Comiskey.

Includes index.

The sixties, headwaters of the American Rh�one -- A place and its progeny: a guide to the varieties of the Rh�one Valley -- How Rh�one varieties got to American soil -- The curious case of American Petite Sirah -- Rh�one varieties through Prohibition and after -- The path to California's first modern Rh�one variety wine -- Syrah's proud father: Gary Eberle and the making of modern Syrah -- Other pioneers: from the north coast to gold country -- Randall Grahm, the movement's cosmic impresario -- Steve Edmunds, the quiet Iconoclast -- Sean Thackrey, the thinking Man's Rh�onist -- The first superstar: Manfred Krankl and Sine Qua Non -- Viognier, the Rh�one movement's flower child -- The purloined Rh�one: how suitcase clones shaped the movement -- The validator: Tablas Creek -- The American Rh�one in Washington State -- When the rangers became the rangers: Lalime's and after, 1987-1990 -- Classtime: the academic backup for the American Rh�one movement -- The bridge from California to France: a colloquium to bring the Rh�ones together -- Hospice du Rh�one: a festival to bring the Rh�one world home -- Irrational exuberance -- The rise and fall of American Syrah -- What we talk about when we talk about American Syrah.

"No wine category has seen more dramatic growth in recent years than American Rh�one-variety wines. Winemakers are devoting more energy, more acreage, and more bottlings to Rh�one than ever before. The flagship Rh�one red, Syrah, is routinely touted as one of California's most promising varieties, capable of tremendous adaptability as a vine, wonderfully variable in style, and highly expressive of place. With each passing year it becomes more characterful, interesting, and higher in quality. There has never been better time for the American Rh�one wine producer. American Rh�one is the untold history of the American Rh�one wine movement. The popularity of these wines has been hard fought; this is a story of fringe players, unknown varieties, and longshot efforts finding their way to the mainstream. It's the story of winemakers gathering sufficient strength in numbers to create a movement, a triumph of the obscure and the brash. But, more than this, it is a story of the maturation of the American palate, a new republic of wine lovers whose restless tastes and curiosity led them to Rh�one wines just as those wines were reaching a critical mass in the marketplace. Patrick Comiskey's history of the American Rh�one wine movement is both a compelling underdog success story and an essential reference for the wine professional."--Provided by publisher.

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