Salud! - 9781943859900

Salud!The Rise of Santa Barbara's Wine Industry\nAuthor(s): Victor W. Geraci\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nevada Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nevada Press\nISBN-13: 9781943859900, 978-1943859900\nSynopsis\nIn 1965, soil and climatic studies indicated that the Santa Ynez and Santa Maria valleys of Santa Barbara County, California, offered suitable conditions for growing high-quality wine grapes. Thus was launched a revival of the areas two-centuries-old wine industry that by 1995 made Santa Barbara County an internationally prominent wine [url] the evolution of Santa Barbara viticulture in the larger context of Californias history and economy, offering insight into one of the states most important industries. California has produced wine since Spanish missionaries first planted grapes to make sacramental wines, but it was not until the late twentieth century that changing consumer tastes and a flourishing national economy created the conditions that led.