"House of Mondavi" Named Finalist for a 2008 James Beard Foundation Award
Type:
Press Release
2008 James Beard Foundation Awards Nominees
James Beard Foundation Books Awards
Presented by Green & Black's® Organic Chocolate
For books published in English in 2007.
WINE AND SPIRITS
The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty
by Julia Flynn Siler
(Gotham Books)
Imbibe!: From Absinthe Cocktail to Whiskey Smash, a Salute in Stories and Drinks to "Professor" Jerry Thomas, Pioneer of the American Bar
by David Wondrich
(Perigee)
To Cork or Not To Cork: Tradition, Romance, Science, and the Battle for the Wine Bottle
by George M. Taber
(Scribner)
Source:
James Beard Foundation
Date:
Mar.24.2008
"A riveting saga...a real gem of a book"”
—Historian Douglas Brinkley
About Julia
Julia Flynn Siler is the New York Times bestselling author of The House of Mondavi. Her most recent book, Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings, and America’s First Imperial Adventure, hit the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list shortly after...