Backroad Wineries Of Southern California

Inspired by Bill Gleeson's classic guidebook, Backroad Wineries of California, this all-new, full-color sequel focuses on California's lesser-known wine region--the south--from the foothills of San Diego to the valleys of Monterey County. Complete with information on tours, tastings, travel directions, and the best wines, this is the perfect guide to the area's fifty best, most intriguing wineries for wine lovers and anyone seeking a blissful, off-the-beaten-track retreat.

Publisher description -- Backroad Wineries of Northern California takes you on a romantic tour of sixty little-known country wineries found nestled in the foothills and valleys of Northern California's spectacular Wine Country. Complete with information on tours, tastings, travel directions, and the best wines, this is the perfect guide for wine lovers and anyone seeking a blissful backroads retreat.

200 pages of vibrant photographs and fascinating text describe the wine characteristics and awards for more than 60 wineries from Malibu to San Diego. This beautiful, hard cover, 12 x 12 coffee-table book also includes a brief history of wine in Southern California, chapters on the grape-growing and wine-making processes, wine tasting, maps of the various appellations, wine/food pairing charts, and a wine terms glossary. It is the most complete book on Southern California wineries.

Our Backroads series guides you toward new discovery on some of our nation's most beautiful highways and byways. Each guide is presented with historical insight, as well as specific road-ready directions that can make any trip by car an exciting backroads adventure. The author blends the insight of a native Californian with a fascination for history as he guides you through 18 tours of the Southern California coast, mountains, and deserts, via rustic backroads and secluded byways.

Backroads of the Great American West describes and details with full-color photos and maps the most scenic routes in the Rocky Mountains, Texas, Desert Southwest, California, and Pacific Northwest.