This dramatically beautiful image of fog creeping over steep rows of mountain vineyard at Smith-Madrone Vineyards, taken by photographer Chuck O'Rear in 1988, may well be the most popular photograph in the wine world. More details about these photos...

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The Winemaker’s Dance: Exploring Terroir in the Napa Valley, by Jonathan Swinchatt and David Howell (www.ucpress.edu), September 2004
Sunset Magazine (April 1995)
Dreamers of the Valley of Plenty: A Portrait of the Napa Valley by Cheryll Barron (Scribner, /year) Wine Country: California’s Napa and Sonoma Valleys by John Doerper (Fodor’s/Compass Guides, 1998) St. Helena Chamber of Commerce 2000 Directory