Vineyards in the Sky: The Life of Legendary Vintner Martin Ray

Vineyards in the Sky is the lively biography of Martin Ray, the charismatic California vintner who launched America's Wine Revolution. This third edition has been updated with new text and photos by Barbara Marinacci. In Vineyards in the Sky you will view a century of California wine history, woven into the interconnected lives of French-born vintners Paul Masson and Martin Ray. Live vicariously those exciting years when Martin Ray owned Paul Masson's Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California from the mid 1930s to the early 1940s. Share the decades when Martin Ray, at his own vineyards on Mt Eden in the Santa Cruz Mountains, was host to internationally famous celebrities and wine connoisseurs. Glimpse through Martin Ray's turbulent career the eternal dream of wine that lures people to the winegrower's way of life. Experience all four dimensions of a forceful man who worked, loved, talked, laughed, fought, drank wine, enjoyed life, and dreamed in larger-than-life ways.