Gail Unzelman

IN 1998 NOMIS PRESS produced and published A History of the Sonoma Viticultural District. The Grape Growers, the Wine Makers, and the Vineyards , written by wine historian Ernest P. Peninou, assisted by Gail Unzelman, 456pp. This book was given a distinguished award by the Sonoma County Historical Society. FOLLOWING THE FORMAT of the Sonoma Viticul... tural District , Nomis Press published unbound individual histories of the following viticultural districts: El Dorado (203pp, 17 illus.), Los Angeles (255pp, 14 illus.), Napa (345pp, 39 illus.), Sacramento (173pp, 10 illus.), San Francisco (332pp, 31 illus.), and San Joaquin (171pp, 19 illus.). A Statistical History of Wine Grape Acreage in California 18561992 (212pp) is a valuable one-volume companion to these histories. Visit waywardtendrils.com for a complimentary download of these volumes. FOLLOWING IN 2000, The California Wine Association and Its Member Wineries, 18941920 , co-authored by Ernest Peninou and Gail Unzelman, 414pp, was issued. This wine history is illustrated with many previously unpublished images taken from the private collections of the authors; the book has been well received, and its historical importance honored. IN 2004, on behalf of and for the benefit of the Wine Librarians Association, Nomis Press produced and published a special, limited edition book in tribute to Roy Brady, a man of many wine talents: The Brady Book: Selections from Roy Brady's Unpublished Writings on Wine. With an Introduction by Thomas Pinney . 199pp, 250 copies, presented in a handsome two-color format, with 14 tipped-in color reproductions of wine labels from the Brady Collection. OTHER NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS by Gail Unzelman include Sonoma County Wineries , published in 2006 by Arcadia Publishing as one of its Postcard History Series. The book features some 200 postcard views from the author's collection and relates the early history of the wine industry in Sonoma County, California. In 2007, in partnership with Nina Wemyss, their Kylix Press issued Autobiography ...Read More