Book Talk and Wine Tasting: Chaucer’s Books

Sunday, July 27 at 4:00 PM (Please Note Time)

Chaucer’s Books (3321 State Street)  hosts Michael C. Higgins for a book talk and signing of Exploring Wine Regions-The Central Coast of California. There will be wine to taste!

Description

New York City Big Book Award’s Best Travel Book of 2024

Exploring Wine Regions – The Central Coast of California is the third book in the award-winning series, now exploring lesser-known areas of California’s wine regions. Beyond the familiar Napa and Sonoma, the Central Coast Wine Regions are producing top-level, high-quality wines, and the tourism is extraordinary. This book takes you on a journey to discover these amazing wines; combining wine education, insiders travel guide and spectacular photography. Higgins again dazzles his audience with another informative and beautiful book.

Tourism along the central coast of California is unmatched. The beaches, mountains and valleys are ever so enchanting. The wineries are engaging, have lots of tourism activities available, and are especially inviting and friendly, unlike other wine regions. It’s not uncommon to find the vintner or winemaker at the tasting room wanting to share their stories and their love of wine with you. Both connoisseurs and novices turn to this book series for insider information and inspiration. It is a must-have book for expanding your knowledge of California and its wines.

With 436 full-color pages and over 800 photographic images, this third edition explores California’s Central Coast regions of Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County (including Paso Robles) and Santa Barbara County. With breathtaking photography and personal commentary, readers are mesmerized by the world of wine, food and travel. Extensive resources are provided for wine lovers who want to know where to go, what to look for, and how to discover their favorite wines by understanding the terroir.

About the Series
Exploring Wine Regions is a unique book series that incorporates the beauty of a quality coffee table piece, an elaborate travel guide, an inspiring wine education, spectacular photography, and captivating adventures into the depths of travel, food and wine connoisseurship. It is the leading insider’s guide to exploring the wine regions of the world… uncovering extraordinary winemakers, chefs and sommeliers. It includes detailed information to plan and travel to see the most interesting wineries, restaurants and resorts located in these beautiful wine regions. Agronomists, oenologists, vintners, chefs, sommeliers, and outdoor adventurers are interviewed in-depth to give you the inside track to Exploring Wine Regions of the world.

About the Author

For more than 20 years, author, photographer and wine expert Michael C. Higgins was the publisher of Flying Adventures magazine, a lifestyle travel publication for food and wine lovers who own private planes. What came next was a book, which has now become an award-winning series. In Exploring Wine Regions, Michael has written about and photographed the wine regions of Argentina, Bordeaux, the Central California Coast and Mexico. He is grateful to have participated in some of the most extraordinary wine experiences, including pruning vines, picking grapes alongside master winemakers, participating in blind tastings, and sharing many exquisitely-paired wine dinners with world-renowned oenophiles. As an accomplished photographer, he has also captured spectacular images of the wine world across the globe. Michale has a BA in Commercial Art/Photography, and an MBA and PhD in Business Administration. His passion is to unite his love of art with his talent for business. He is a California native and lives in Pasadena, California.