{"product_id":"the-mad-crush-a-memoir-of-mythic-vines-and-improbable-winemaking-9780985157944","title":"The Mad Crush: A Memoir of Mythic Vines and Improbable Winemaking","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"The first time Bill made wine, he was buck naked...\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Crush\u003c\/i\u003e, the improbable but true story about the making of one great wine and the souls who paved its way over a period of 115 years-including nude grape stompers, a freethinking village potter, a California surfing legend, a reclusive winemaker, the winemaker's ex-wife's one-legged boyfriend, and a mysterious dead coyote.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Mad Crush\u003c\/i\u003e starts when Bill Greenough, owner of Saucelito Canyon Vineyard in the wildlands of California's Central Coast, recruits author Christopher Weir to work the 1995 \"crush\"-the seasonal push to process the harvested grapes. What ensues is a life-changing harvest season like no other, during which a motley winery crew is challenged to make fine wine the hard way in the face of folly, adversity and even fire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBut while \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Crush\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around the eyebrow-raising escapades of the 1995 crush, it ultimately tells the larger tale of a century-old Zinfandel vineyard and the adventuresome characters who have dared to call it home. Along the way, Weir unearths a trove of serendipitous stories, all of them somehow pointing the way to this remote place that cuts an unlikely path through the history of California wine.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom the planting of the vines in 1880 by an itinerant Englishman to Greenough's 1960s winemaking escapades in Santa Barbara's bohemian Mountain Drive community, \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Crush\u003c\/i\u003e is not just an exploration of wine, but also a question of destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"As a lover of California wines, I consider \u003ci\u003eThe Mad Crush\u003c\/i\u003e a must-have...It's an in-depth and intriguing adventure into the heart and history of California wine.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003e-Don Dokken, heavy metal legend and wine connoisseur\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sean Christopher Weir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mooncatcher Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.37d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780985157944\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mooncatcher Media","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40663635296371,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":16.91,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_69a187a0-c2eb-4cca-b427-2085990c0f9d.jpg?v=1673534876","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-mad-crush-a-memoir-of-mythic-vines-and-improbable-winemaking-9780985157944","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}