| Temecula Wine Country Contributor(s): Farnbach, Rebecca (Author), Cilurzo, Vincenzo (Author), Cilurzo, Audrey (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738570141 ISBN-13: 9780738570143 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - West (ak, Ca, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, Wy) |
| Dewey: 979.4 |
| LCCN: 2009922885 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.5" W x 9.1" (0.70 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Riverside-San Bernardino, CA - Geographic Orientation - California - Topical - Wine Country - Cultural Region - Southern California |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Vineyards flourish in Temecula because of the ideal climate. The name Temecula is taken from Luiseno words that mean "where the sun and earth were created." At an altitude of 1,500 feet, the filtered sunlight and an ocean breeze that drifts through a gap in the mountains coax the decomposed granite soil of Temecula Valley to produce high-quality grapes for premium wines today just as they did over a century ago. From the time the Spanish padres entered the valley and made sacramental wines and French and Italian immigrants brought vines from the Old World, its grape harvests were unknown to the rest of the world. In 1967, Vincenzo and Audrey Cilurzo came from Hollywood to plant the first commercial vineyard, followed by Ely Callaway, who built the first commercial winery in 1974, and soon the Temecula Wine Country was home to 14 wineries. The annual Temecula Valley Balloon and Wine Festival, started in 1983, draws as many as 50,000 attendees. |
Contributor Bio(s): Farnbach, Rebecca: - Vincenzo and Audrey Cilurzo have teamed with historian Rebecca Farnbach to present this story of how they planted the first vineyard and started the commercial wine industry of the Temecula Valley. Rebecca has coauthored four other books in Arcadia's Images of America series: Temecula, Murrieta, Fallbrook, and Murrieta Hot Springs. |