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Tamlyn Currin

Tamlyn Currin

Wednesday 21 December 2016

This is the first of many collections of book reviews by Tam to be published over the festive season. For links to all her articles, see this guide.

From Bubbles to Boardrooms
Serendipitous Stories from inside the Wine Business
Michaela Kane Rodeno
Villa Ragazzi Press
£20.39, $17.99

Autobiography, Napa history archive, handbook on how to climb the corporate ladder in the California wine industry… Michaela Rodeno – owner of the 25-acre Villa Ragazzi winery in Napa Valley and currently on the board of directors at Bank of Marin – charts her interesting and often unexpected navigation from French Literature...

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