I believe I picked up this book at a library sale for a dollar. What a find! And the best reason to haunt Friends of Library sales. Published in 1982 this is a comprehensive guide to the history of the wine industry in America as well as a guide to what was hot back in 1982. It was fun to read about wineries I am familiar with since I grew up in Northern California. It was a delight to read a bit on Chateau Ste Michelle my favorite summertime evening concert picnic haunt in Woodinville. The author Roy Andries De Groot was an important food and wine writer for most of the major magazines and the New York Times starting in the sixties. ( )