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Authors: Erika Lenkert, Matthew R. Poole, John Thoreen
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company.
Category: Book

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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

7 reviews
Sales Rank: 1404924

Media: Paperback
Edition: 2nd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 183
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4 x 0.6

ISBN: 0028636821
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.940453
UPC: 021898636829
EAN: 9780028636825
ASIN: 0028636821

Publication Date: May 2000
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Life is short. Vacations are shorter. Relax! Trust your trip to Frommer's. The Best of California Wine Country in a Nutshell:

The best places to stay and eat—with exact prices and candid, in-depth reviews so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your needs or budget.
The latest, most reliable information and all the practical details you need to enjoy a worry-free visit to the Wine Country.
All the top sights, shopping, picnic spots and activities—with outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not.
Lots of easy-to-read maps.
A fresh, personal approach that puts the fun and excitement back into travel!

Frommer's Puts the World in Your Pocket.

Customer Reviews: Read 2 more reviews...

2 out of 5 stars

Broad, Generic, Timid October 19, 2007
0 out of 4 found this review helpful

This, like the other Frommer's Guides I have seen, seems to be timid, generic and void of fun, gritty, insider information. It gave some useful information to read on the plane about various wineries, but I left it in my hotel the days I headed out to Sonoma, and this I did on purpose. Do your research and buy a better guide.

3 out of 5 stars

Touristy hot spots May 4, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful

Just because a travel guide rips into the Mondavi winery as being too touristy does not mean it has any special insights on how to see parts of Napa that are off the beaten path. Mondavi is an easy target. Nevertheless, this guide does have some good info about where to go to get some free drink--and do not worry about wine-drinking protocol. Because if you like it, that's all the counts. The best vintage I ever had was still the '53 Chateau Mouton Rothschild my uncle gave me as a present for getting my doctorate in material science, and I slurped down that bottle while eating a corndog.

5 out of 5 stars

Trip to wine country March 10, 2007
I'm planning a trip to wine country and needed some information, not an encyclopedia's worth. This was concise and will be handy to take with me. It is laid out geographically which will make it that much easier to see the wineries that I want to see.

5 out of 5 stars

Good Guide May 31, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

We're not what you'd consider wine snobs and bought this book for the good excuse of checking out wine country which is just a short drive away. It's nice they included restaurants. After all the tasting stops it made our outing complete and we drove home totally content as well as sober.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent little book February 25, 2006
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

This small book (only 172 pages) is perfect for planning your next Sonoma/Napa visit. In fact, although I have been many times to Napa, I wanted a new place to stay with a fireplace and jacuzzi bath and privacy. I found a great place in the book called Cottage Grove Inn - with 2 Frommers stars.

Because it is so portable, not all the wineries are listed, so if what you need is a listing of all wineries this may not be your book. However, if you need to find the best in hotels and dining experiences as well as some of the best wineries to discover for yourself, then this little jewel is perfect.

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