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Tangled vines : greed, murder, obsession, and an arsonist in the vineyards of California /

"On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Dinkelspiel, Frances (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : St. Martin's Press, 2015.
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Wine industry > California > History. Wine and wine making > Corrupt practices > California > History. Crime > California > History. HISTORY / Social History.

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