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The wines of America
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- Creator
- Leon D. Adams
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Second edition, revised
- New York : McGraw-Hill, [1978]
- ©1978
- Physical Details
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- xv, 623 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780070003170, 0070003173, 9780070003170
- OCLC
- ocm03843997
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Leon David Adams (February 1, 1905-September 14, 1995) was an American journalist, publicist, historian and co-founder of the Wine Institute. In 1958, Adams book Commonsense Book of Wine was published, which sought to bring table wine into everyday life in the United States. His book Wines of America, published in 1973, is considered the "most thorough work on the subject," specifically regarding the California wine industry.