Contents

Wine Country International ® Magazine

Christopher J. Davies, Co-Founder, Editor & Publisher

Darcy R. Davies, Co-Founder & Design Director

Wine Education & Travel Editor, Ron Kapon

Editorial Assistant: Marisa Haag

Lifestyle Editor, V.G. Walsh

Director of Photography, Christopher J. Davies

Contributing Editors:

Simone FM Spinner, Elizabeth Woessner

Blair Bowman, Michael Long and Larry Wilcox

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Christopher J. Davies, Chairman & CEO, Co-Founder

Darcy Davies, President & Co-Founder

EDITORS LETTER

Pages 3

Destinations

Page 20-25

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Cooking The Books

Pages 6-7

Destinations

Pages 26-31 Segovia

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

COVER FEATURE: RUEDA

Grape Expectations

Parting Shots

Jacques Pépin Art of the Chicken ***** Top Gift

Master Chef’s Paintings, Stories, and the Humble Bird

ISBN: 9780358654513

256 pages: $30, $50 (signed copy)

We all remember Jacques Pépin from his television appearances with Julia Child. This book celebrates the chef’s lifelong love of the humble bird. It is much more than a cookbook. It covers Chef Pépin’s illustrious career at Howard Johnson Corporation, turning down an offer to cook at the White House, and more. Pépin is a multi-talented artist and painter. His recipes are loosely formulated, providing essential ingredients without precise measurements, but easily achievable by experienced home cooks. This book includes many illustrations of chickens. Best of all, we love the many backstories, observations, and words of wisdom that Chef Pépin shares in the fantastic book.

Tabemasho! Let’s Eat! ****

A History of Japanese Food in America

By Gil Asakawa

ISBN: 9781611729504

216 Pages: $18.95 print/ $9.95 eBook

Gil Asakawa is a Denver-based foody born in Japan and raised in the US. This book covers how Japanese food has taken America by storm. From Soy sauce to Sushi, with beef and tempura tips for home cooking, this book provides excellent information on finding top quality Sushi. Not all Sushi is authentic Sushi.

The book’s glossary and resources sections provide valuable information for anyone looking to up their Japanese cooking game!