American Rhone: How Maverick Winemakers Changed the Way Americans Drink

CONTENTS\nACKNOWLEDGMENTS\nINTRODUCTION\nPART I. PRELUDES AND ANTECEDENTS\n1. THE SIXTIES, HEADWATERS OF THE AMERICAN RHÔNE\n2. A PLACE AND ITS PROGENY. A Guide to the Varieties of the Rhône Valley\n3. HOW RHÔNE VARIETIES GOT TO AMERICAN SOIL\n4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF AMERICAN PETITE SIRAH\n5. RHÔNE VARIETIES THROUGH PROHIBITION AND AFTER\nPART II. PIONEERS AND PLAYERS\n6. THE PATH TO THE FIRST AMERICAN RHÔNE\n7. SYRAH’S PROUD FATHER. Gary Eberle and the Making of Modern Syrah\n8. OTHER PIONEERS. From the North Coast to Gold Country\nPART III. ARTISTS AND ICONOCLASTS\n9. RANDALL GRAHM, THE MOVEMENT’S COSMIC IMPRESARIO\n10. STEVE EDMUNDS, THE QUIET ICONOCLAST\n11. SEAN THACKREY, THE THINKING MAN’S RHÔNIST\n12. MANFRED KRANKL, THE FIRST SUPERSTAR\nPART IV. THE MOVEMENT STARTS TO MOVE\n13. VIOGNIER, THE RHÔNE MOVEMENT’S FLOWER CHILD\n14. THE PURLOINED RHÔNE. How Suitcase Clones Shaped the Movement\n15. TABLAS CREEK, THE VALIDATOR\n16. THE AMERICAN RHÔNE IN WASHINGTON STATE\nPART V. BOOMTIME\n17. THE BIRTH OF THE RHÔNE RANGERS, 1987–1990\n18. THE ACADEMIC BACKUP FOR THE AMERICAN RHÔNE MOVEMENT\n19. THE BRIDGE FROM CALIFORNIA TO FRANCE. A Colloquium to Bring the Rhônes Together\n20. HOSPICE DU RHÔNE. The Festival to Bring the Rhône World Home\nPART VI. IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE\n21. THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN SYRAH\n22. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AMERICAN SYRAH\nNOTES\nINDEX