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When the Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America's wine country
When Prohibition took effect in 1920, only a few months after one of the greatest California grape harvests of all time, violence and chaos descended on Northern California. Federal agents spilled thousands of gallons of wine in the rivers and creeks, gun battles erupted on dark country roads, and local law enforcement officers—sympathetic to their winemaking neighbor
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Published
June 9th 2009
by Palgrave Macmillan
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Most Americans think about Prohibition from the point of view of consumers or, influenced by popular culture's obsession with gangsters, as a struggle between smugglers and G-men. Those not from one of the few old wine-producing regions of the country probably have never imagined the effect the 18th Amendment had on those whose livelihoods depended on wine.
Sosnowski opens with a moving scene -- the Foppiano family watching as federal agents poured out 140,000 gallons of wine, represe...more
Sosnowski opens with a moving scene -- the Foppiano family watching as federal agents poured out 140,000 gallons of wine, represe...more
Earnest, but plodding. One of those writers that thinks every noun has to have an adjective to keep it company.
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Although the 70’s is when California wines got their big start into the greater world California has actually been making wine for decades. One of the biggest obstacles they had to face was Prohibition. In When the Rivers Ran Red: An Amazing Story of Courage and Triumph in America’s Wine Country we hear the story of the families that struggled to make a start, that fought to keep it going despite their future running down stream, and ultimately surviving and giving us wine so wonderfully made an...more
tells a sad but courageous story of how vintners survived during prohibition, writing is so-so.
Unbelievable.A good idea for a short essay.Poorly written,ridiculous editing, apparently no proof reading,biased story telling ,short sighted narrow research.A complete waste of time.
A bit slow...interesting, but just not my cup of tea....
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