{"product_id":"9781640126176-chasing-cynthiana","title":"Chasing Cynthiana","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Search for America's Native Wines\u003cbr\u003eWhy do Americans go to the grocery store to buy wine from California, Italy, or New Zealand, when many of us can find an independent winery thirty minutes down the road? Why are locally grown and produced wines so often disdained when locally grown food is upheld as the gold standard? The U.S. wine industry has lagged behind Europe’s for far too long for reasons that have little to do with taste or quality, and Prohibition’s disruption of domestic wine production provides only part of the explanation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eChasing Cynthiana\u003c\/i\u003e Lynn Hamilton reveals that Americans have far more wine options than they realize. One of those options, made from Norton grapes, has a rich but mostly forgotten history, entwined with the pioneering of America’s western states. But Norton (also known as Cynthiana) is often pushed aside to make way for wine varietals from France and Italy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Is the wine drinker’s preference for certain grapes rooted in necessity or tradition? How will climate change alter America’s traditional wine regions? Hamilton considers these and other questions as she journeys through some of America’s hidden pockets of wine in this exploration of winemaking’s history in the United States. Infused with humor and whimsy, \u003ci\u003eChasing Cynthiana\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the wine industry’s snobbery as well as its complacency when it comes to American vintages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56164810064246,"sku":"9781640126176","price":25.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38265112.jpg?v=1763862686","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781640126176-chasing-cynthiana","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}