From the hills of Napa to the mountain slopes of Piedmont, writers Nick Wise and Linda Sunshine went in search of great wine and famous people who are also winemakers. Their astonishing trip, the wines they tasted, and the incredible men and women they met are recounted in loving and often humorous detail in this fully illustrated and eminently readable new book, Celebrity Vineyards. In the past few years, helming a winery has become more and more popular among the rich and famous. But how much involvement in the actual process of making that wine did those celebrities actually have? What was it like to get into winemaking after having a successful career in another field? Were they merely name endorsements or were they part of the incredibly difficult process of creating great wine from a field of grapes? To find out, Wise and Sunshine journeyed to Northern California to interview such winemakers as B. R. Cohn, manager of the Doobie Brothers; screenwri
