The Mad Crush: A Memoir of Mythic Vines and Improbable Winemaking

By Sean Christopher Weir

In 1880, a star-crossed Englishman planted a Zinfandel vineyard in the wildlands of California'sCentral Coast. Nearly a century later, in 1974, an iconoclast from Santa Barbara discovered theEnglishman's abandoned old vines and restored them with nothing more than a pick and shovel.And in the fall of 1995, an improbable cast of characters found their way to this vineyard,embarking on a season of folly and adversity in the pursuit of making one great wine.The Mad Crush is the eyewitness story of that wine and the souls who shaped its making 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. This true account of devotion and redemption will ultimately change how you drink and think about California wine.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0985157941
• ISBN13: 9780985157944
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Mooncatcher Media
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up