Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION xi
5. PART I. PRELUDES AND ANTECEDENTS
6. 1. THE SIXTIES, HEADWATERS OF THE AMERICAN RHÔNE 3
7. 2. A PLACE AND ITS PROGENY. A Guide to the Varieties of the Rhône Valley 13
8. 3. HOW RHÔNE VARIETIES GOT TO AMERICAN SOIL 35
9. 4. THE CURIOUS CASE OF AMERICAN PETITE SIRAH 48
10. 5. RHÔNE VARIETIES THROUGH PROHIBITION AND AFTER 61
11. PART II. PIONEERS AND PLAYERS
12. 6. THE PATH TO THE FIRST AMERICAN RHÔNE 71
13. 7. SYRAH’S PROUD FATHER. Gary Eberle and the Making of Modern Syrah 80
14. 8. OTHER PIONEERS. From the North Coast to Gold Country 91
15. PART III. ARTISTS AND ICONOCLASTS
16. 9. RANDALL GRAHM, THE MOVEMENT’S COSMIC IMPRESARIO 103
17. 10. STEVE EDMUNDS, THE QUIET ICONOCLAST 118
18. 11. SEAN THACKREY, THE THINKING MAN’S RHÔNIST 122
19. 12. MANFRED KRANKL, THE FIRST SUPERSTAR 127
20. PART IV. THE MOVEMENT STARTS TO MOVE
21. 13. VIOGNIER, THE RHÔNE MOVEMENT’S FLOWER CHILD 141
22. 14. THE PURLOINED RHÔNE. How Suitcase Clones Shaped the Movement 154
23. 15. TABLAS CREEK, THE VALIDATOR 167
24. 16. THE AMERICAN RHÔNE IN WASHINGTON STATE 177
25. PART V. BOOMTIME
26. 17. THE BIRTH OF THE RHÔNE RANGERS, 1987–1990 199
27. 18. THE ACADEMIC BACKUP FOR THE AMERICAN RHÔNE MOVEMENT 208
28. 19. THE BRIDGE FROM CALIFORNIA TO FRANCE. A Colloquium to Bring the Rhônes Together 216
29. 20. HOSPICE DU RHÔNE. The Festival to Bring the Rhône World Home 221
30. PART VI. IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE
31. 21. THE RISE AND FALL OF AMERICAN SYRAH 233
32. 22. WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT AMERICAN SYRAH 251
33. NOTES 271
34. INDEX 289