Common Ground: Charting the Future of Napa Valley by Richard Mendelson

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Common Ground: Charting the Future of Napa Valley is author Richard Mendelson's inside look at how the Napa Valley is confronting the complicated pressures of climate change, increased tourism, urbanization, and changing winery ownership and priorities. Renowned wine writer Antonio Galloni describes the book as “an essential read for anyone who wants to understand the role of Napa Valley today, as well as the challenges that lie ahead as the region balances maintaining exceptionally high standards of quality while also dealing with the often conflicting forces of growth and the preservation of what is one of the most pristine viticultural landscapes in the world."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Richard Mendelson fell in love with wine as a graduate student at Oxford. From there he moved to France to deepen his education and work at a prestigious winery in Burgundy. He returned to America in 1979 to attend Stanford Law School and then moved to Napa Valley to practice wine law at Napa’s leading firm, Dickenson, Peatman & Fogarty.

Mendelson has been involved in every aspect of the wine industry—from growing grapes and making wine to advising grape growers and wineries on a wide range of issues, especially how best to promote and defend Napa Valley as America’s premier wine appellation. Mendelson founded and directed the Wine Law and Policy Program at UC Berkeley and co-founded and was President of the International Wine Law Association.

Mendelson has written three other books on wine: From Demon to Darling: A Legal History of Wine in America; Wine in America: Law and Policy, and Appellation Napa Valley: Building and Protecting an American Treasure.

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