Lone Cone Library

To her family, Natalie Seebring is a woman who prizes appearances. She is exquisitely mannered, socially adept, a supportive wife, and head of a successful wine-producing enterprise. So when she announces plans to marry a vineyard employee mere months after the death of her husband of fifty-eight years, her son and daughter are stunned. Faced with their disapproval, Natalie decides to write a memoir. There is much that her children don't know about...

"Kevin Zraly is America's ultimate wine educator, and his entertaining teaching style has made this must-have book a treasured favorite for more than three decades. He demystifies every aspect of wine: grape varieties, winemaking techniques, different types and styles of wine, how to read a wine label, and how to evaluate a wine in just 60 seconds. From the reowned reds of Bordeaux and California to the trailblazing whites of New York and New Zealand,...

Since she was a young girl, Chelsea Myles has performed with her uncle Cosmo's theater troupe, entertaining rough crowds while Cosmo picks customers' pockets. One night, a robbery goes awry and Chelsea is left holding a fortune, enough to buy her passage to Australia, and the chance of a new life. On board the vessel, Chelsea meets charismatic Quaid Tanner, who's returning to his vineyard in Sydney. Their affair is as brief as it is blissful, for...

The top PR executive for the family winery, Sophia Giambelli finds her life turned upside down by the merger with the MacMillan family's winery and her powerful attraction to professional rival Tyler MacMillan.

Kelly Douglas, a successful television news anchor who pulled herself through an ugly childhood, is haunted by her past when she discovers that her father is linked to a murder on the famous Rutledge Estate Winery.

This practical book gives you over 130 detailed recipes, all arranged in the months of their making, so that you can pursue your winemaking all the year round.

It was the most expensive bottle of wine ever sold. In 1985, a 1787 bottle of ChaÌteau Lafite Bordeaux--one of a cache unearthed in a bricked-up Paris cellar and supposedly owned by Thomas Jefferson--sold at auction for $156,000. The discoverer of the bottle was pop-band manager turned wine collector Hardy Rodenstock, who had a knack for finding extremely old and exquisite wines. But rumors soon arose. Why wouldn't Rodenstock reveal the exact...

Build your own winery! Learn how to set up a home winery and construct all the basic equipment for just a fraction of what commercially manufactured products would cost. Leading you through the entire winemaking process, Steve Hughes includes building plans and step-by-step instructions for making more than 30 essential winemaking tools. From fashioning presses and pumps to the best way to fill and cork bottles, The Homebuilt Winery covers everything...