From demon to darling : a legal history of wine in America / Richard Mendelson ; foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendelson, Richard, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making--Law and legislation--United States--History.

Wine and wine making.

Law--United States--History.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (321 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Legal history of wine in America

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Richard Mendelson brings together his expertise as both a Napa Valley lawyer and a winemaker into this accessible overview of American wine law from colonial times to the present. It is a story of fits and starts that provides a fascinating chronicle of the history of wine in the United States told through the lens of the law. From the country's early support for wine as a beverage to the moral and religious fervor that resulted in Prohibition and to the governmental controls that followed Repeal, Mendelson takes us to the present day-and to the emergence of an authentic and significant wine culture. He explains how current laws shape the wine industry in such areas as pricing and taxation, licensing, appellations, health claims and warnings, labeling, and domestic and international commerce. As he explores these and other legal and policy issues, Mendelson lucidly highlights the concerns that have made wine alternatively the demon or the darling of American society-and at the same time illuminates the ways in which lives and livelihoods are affected by the rise and fall of social movements.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

Wine Is Life: A Foreword by Margrit Biever Mondavi

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

NOTE

Introduction

1. Temperance

2. National Prohibition

3. Solving Problems Past

4. Transforming Wine in American Culture

Conclusion

NOTES

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-271) and index.

ISBN:

9786613277169

9781283277167

1283277166

9780520943209

0520943201

OCLC:

742333579