From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America

by Richard Mendelson

Book Overview

Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520259432
• ISBN13: 9780520259430
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"