Tasting the good life
Subtitle: wine tourism in the Napa Valley
By: George Gmelch and Sharon Bohn Gmelch
Contributors: Gmelch, Sharon
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Bloomington; Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780253356444; 9780253223272
Subjects: Wine tourism; Anthropology; Wine tasting; Wine and wine making
Description: Five million visitors a year travel to California's Napa Valley to experience the good life: to taste fine wines, eat fine food, and immerse themselves in other sophisticated pleasures while surrounded by bucolic beauty. Tourism is the worlds largest employer, and tourists today want to experience the world through all five senses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.