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Wednesday 31 December 2014
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Today, a selection of books on North and South America. See also this guide to our book reviews by Dublin-based journalist and broadcaster Paul O'Doherty.

Call of the Vine
Exploring Ten Famous Vineyards of Napa and Sonoma
Liz Thach
Miranda Press 
£13/$19.95

Liz Thach’s aim in writing this exploration is to share her love of vineyards and provide students of wine and wine business with the type of technical vineyard detail that has made many of the vineyards of Sonoma and Napa what they are today. Much of the impetus for the book came from witnessing the numerous tourists each...

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