James Conaway, a former Wallace Stegner fellow at Stanford University, is the author of more than twelve books, including the New York Times bestseller, Napa: The Story of an American Eden. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, the Atlantic, Harper's, the New Republic, Gourmet, and elsewhere.
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Not so long ago, wine was an exclusively European product. Now it is thoroughly American; emblematic of Napa Valley, an area idealized as the epicenter of great wines and foods and a cultural tourist destination. But the romanticized accounts you find abo... SEE MORE