DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide California Wine Country will lead you straight to the very best of this beautiful region. Whether you're looking to taste your way around the area's many vineyards, hike through beautiful landscapes or marvel at the region's numerous historic sites, this guide is your perfect pocket-sized companion. Rely on dozens of Top 10 lists, from the Top 10 winery tours and Top 10 grape varieties to the Top 10 beaches, natural sites and restaurants. There's even a list of Top 10 things to avoid! The guide is divided by area, covering all of California Wine Country's highlights, and packed with reviews for restaurants and hotels. DK Eyewitness Top 10 Travel Guide California Wine Country and its pull-out map provide the insider knowledge every visitor needs to explore every corner of the region effortlessly. Sample Top 10 lists: Top 10 Highlights The Hess Collection Napa Valley Wine Train Calistoga Culinary Institute of America Greystone The Silverado Trail Sonoma State Historic Park Santa Rosa Russian River Alexander Valley Francis Ford Coppola Winery Top 10 Winery Tours Robert Mondavi Spring Mountain Vineyard Castello di Amoroso Schramsberg Vineyards Jarvis Winery Inglenook [formerly Rubicon Estates] Sterling Vineyards Matanzas Creek Ferrari Carano Medlock Ames Top 10 Vintages Shafer Hillside Select B.R. Cohn 'Silver Label' Cabernet Sauvignon Ferrari-Carano Mountain Grown Sangiovese Seghesio Zinfandel Grgich Hills Chardonnay Kistler Chardonnay Williams Selyen Pinot Noir Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon Reserve Rosenblum Cellars Zinfandel Stag's Leap Cabernet
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Christopher Paul Baker (born in Yorkshire, England, on 15 June 1955) is a travel writer and photographer currently specializing in the Caribbean and Central America. He is a contributor to magazines and other publications worldwide, and is the author of travel guidebooks (for publishers such as Lonely Planet and Moon Publications) and a literary travelog. Baker was educated at Rastrick Grammar School, in Brighouse, Yorkshire. In 1976 he received a BA (Honours) in Geography from University College London, during which time he participated in a university exchange program at Krakow, Poland; and in two Sahara research expeditions. The following year he attended the graduate Centre for Latin American Studies, at the University of Liverpool, where he received a Masters. He returned to the University of London, received a teaching diploma from the Institute of Education in 1978, and spent brief periods teaching at schools in London between periods of travel in Europe and North America. His first travel article appeared in the Brighouse Echo as dispatches from the United States. The Lowell Thomas Award 2008 ‘Travel Journalist of the Year,' Christopher P. Baker is one of the world's foremost authorities on Costa Rica and Cuba. He has authored and photographed guidebooks to Costa Rica, Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and Panama in the National Geographic Traveler series, as well as five other guidebooks on Costa Rica and Panama, plus the Costa Rica Pura Vida! travel app. He is also the author of the award-winning Mi Moto Fidel: Motorcycling Through Castro's Cuba, published by National Geographic Adventure Press. His more than 20 other books include the coffee-table book Cuba Classics: A Celebration of Vintage American Automobiles. He has also written and photographed for more than 200 publications, from National Geographic Traveler to Newsweek, and has given talks about Cuba at National Geographic headquarters, the National Press Club, and the World Affairs Council, among other prestigious organizations. Christopher has been profiled in USA Today and featured on the National Geographic Channel, NPR, and dozens of other radio and TV outlets.
