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Authors: Kathleen Thompson Hill, Gerald Hill
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 3772489

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 291
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8

ISBN: 0762703083
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.94180453
EAN: 9780762703081
ASIN: 0762703083

Publication Date: August 1, 1998
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description

Sonoma Valley's food, wine, culture, and history are revealed through a series of detailed driving and walking tours, with special emphasis on the area's wineries.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars

Where is Healdsburg? November 3, 2006
Overall this is a fine book with one big caveat: it does not cover Healdsburg, which is where my friends and I spend a lot of time. If you have traveled to the area and spent time in the tasting rooms or restaurants in this town, then you'll underrstand my frustration. If you haven't travelled to the area and are looking for something comprehensive, I don't this this book is it.

5 out of 5 stars

An outstanding California wine country guide. August 3, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Now in an thoroughly updated third edition, Hill Guide Sonoma Valley : The Secret Wine Country provides an outstanding food and wine guide to California's wine country, pairing walking tours with features of restaurants and wines and even including recipes from featured chefs. The inclusion of rates and prices makes it easy to choose lodging and attractions.

5 out of 5 stars

A terrific guidebook September 25, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful

My wife and I and two other couples will travel to Sonoma Valley soon, and I've been designated trip planner. I got out this book, a copy of which I had purchased on a previous trip, and found using it a great pleasure. It's extraordinarily thorough, very nicely organized, and well-written. It is, in fact, the best guidebook I've read.

5 out of 5 stars

"Sonoma Valley..." an essential read for the Sonoma bound. March 21, 1999
14 out of 14 found this review helpful

Written by two longtime residents of the area, "Sonoma Valley the Secret Wine Country," is not only an indispensable guide for those planning a trip to the Sonoma Valley, it is also a great read for the "armchair adventurer" simply wishing to learn more about Sonoma's unique history and culture. This is a travel guide that one wants to continue reading long after the trip is over. The book is organized in a somewhat non-traditional format, a format that I found far superior to the familiar one. Instead of there being "restaurants" and "lodgings" sections, the book is organized by area, so that if you find yourself in say, Glen Ellen,(the tiny hamlet of Jack London and the Valley's only winery "tram" tour) you can simply open up the book and find out what attractions, be they eateries, wineries or antique stores, are in the immediate vicinity. This format, along with the detailed "insider's" information the authors have compiled, allows you to get to know the places you are visiting in a much more intimate and realistic way than a traditinal travel guide. You will never have that dreaded feeling of seeing youself as a tourist with this book. After reading about the Sonoma Valley's freindly, but sometimes strained relations with it's more famous rival, the Napa Valley, you'll know not to say something like "oh, that Cabernet is excellent-almost as good as the one I tasted in Napa last weekend!" There is also a number of little extras in each section, such as recipies from the locals, ratings for the level of rommance in each place, and brief histories on each of the places you are visiting. Again, I found this to be a really great book, not only for travelling, but simply as an entertaining read about a very interesting place. Indeed, the book prompted me to remove myself from my laurels and write my first online review. This guide definitely earns five stars, the online reviewer's highest praise.

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