TDG: Wine Camp: A Francophile Love Story

[Fat Guy]

Craig Camp rides the Iron Horse.

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[Craig Camp]

Most of those who have a personal connection with Iron Horse Vineyards have made that connection through the most aptly named, Joy Sterling, daughter of the founders and the ultimate ambassador for the wines of Iron Horse. It should not go without mention that Joy is also the author of some wonderful books on wine: A Cultivated Life, published by Random House, Vintage Feasting, Vineyard: A Year in the Life of California Wine Country and A Vintner's Guide to Red Wine published by Simon and Schuster.

[Ellen Shapiro]

A Cultivated Life

I was in marketing at RH when this came out, so I got a copy and read the first few pages just to get familiar with it. I wound up reading the whole thing. It's an excellent book -- a real American fairytale.

[Echezeaux]

Joy's book, though, was not well edited and contains many remarkable spelling errors: Names of some French producers were not checked, for example. And she writes about the grape "pomace" (skins) but it was spelled "pumice".

Her enthusiasm is to be applauded, though, even if her dotting of the "i's" and crossing the "t's" is not.

[Ellen Shapiro]

I was a marketing person so I'm blameless!

Those pesky editors.

I can't believe Random House is now my publisher, and I'm the pesky mid-list author who always bothers the poor marketing people. But I digress.

Really, Joy's book is a great read. It made me want to be like her.

[Craig Camp]

Joy's book, though, was not well edited and contains many remarkable spelling errors:  Names of some French producers were not checked, for example.  And she writes about the grape "pomace" (skins) but it was spelled "pumice". 

Her enthusiasm is to be applauded, though, even if her dotting of the "i's" and crossing the "t's" is not.

Which book? She has four.