New Book Streamlines Wine Country Travel

Feb. 28, 2013 - PRLog -- How do you choose? The biggest mistake visitors make is wasting precious time trying to navigate this vast maze of choices by themselves. But help is on the way…

Enter The California Directory of Fine Wineries, Second Edition—the latest release in the bestselling travel series from California wine travel insider and web correspondent Tom Silberkleit. It’s designed to maximize your vacation time while helping to create lasting memories in California’s “new frontier” wine country!

• The Writers–Professional travel writers K. Reka Badger and Cheryl Crabtree are at the top of their game, revealing winery back-stories and concise tools for quick and easy travel planning.

• The Photographer–World renowned for his artistry, veteran travel photographer Robert Holmes takes readers on a stunning visual expedition of each winery. He’s been named Travel Photographer of the Year a record three times by The Society of American Travel Writers.

• The Wine Travel Insider–Award-winning editor and publisher Tom Silberkleit has spent the past 10 years traveling the back roads of California searching out and selecting boutique tasting rooms, working ranches, and intimate family-owned vineyards. Once named a “west coast Wunderkind” by The Washington Post, Silberkleit’s passion for all things literary has allowed him to work through the years with such luminaries as Isaac Asimov, Ken Follett, Stephen King, and Nora Roberts.

Not meant to be an encyclopedia, The California Directory of Fine Wineries is a stylish, lightweight, hardcover book that’s easy-to-use and portable. Carry it with you in your car or pack it in your suitcase — and let your California wine-venture begin!