Not the greatest book I have ever read. I heard a lot of good things about Karin Kallmaker as an author, however I don't think that this book shows it. I am not turned off from reading another book by her. There were to many characters and story lines to get a great feel for any of them. The authors descriptions the vinyard and wine process were very well researched. If there had been just as much time put in the story it would have been great. ( )