Rothschild, Baron Philippe de
Royal Order of the Purple Palate
Rubottom, Mrs.
Rubyn, Jack
Ruiz, Santos
sacramental wine
Sacramento, California
Sacramento County Jail
Saddleback Cellars
saignée
Sainsevain, Jean Louis
Sainsevain, Pierre
St. George’s Spirit
St. Helena
Main Street
water supply
Saintsbury, George, Notes on a Cellar-Book
Saintsbury winery
Sakaide, Japan
San Bernardino County
grape cultivation in
Sánchez, Tomás Avila
San Diego
San Francisco
center of wine business in California
drinks popular in, other than wine
violence in
wine auctions in
wine houses of
San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906
wine bottled as souvenirs of
San Gabriel Mission
San Gabriel Mountains
San Gabriel Winery
San Joaquin Valley
San Juan Capistrano
Santa Barbara, California
Santa Rosa, California
Sardine Factory, restaurant on Cannery Row, Monterey
Sausalito, California
Sausalito Arts Commission
Sausalito Cellars
client list
clients discover their wine is missing
clients’ wine sold by Mark Anderson
founded by Mark Anderson
Mark Anderson behind in rent
new quarters
value of wine in
Sausalito Police Department
Sausalito Yacht Club
Sbarboro, Andrea
Scandinavian Colony Winery
Schuman, M.
Scott, McGregor
Screaming Eagle
Seattle, Washington
Sebastiani family
Sebastiani Vineyards
secessionists
Serra, Junipero
Shafer, Doug
Shafer Vineyards
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
ship trade to California
Shorb, James De Barth
Sideways (film)
The Signal, Sausalito paper
Signorello Estate
Silicon Valley Bank
Silverado Trail
Sine Qua Non
Sinskey Vineyards
Sister City Commission
Smith, Will
Society of Medical Friends of Wine
Somm (documentary film)
Sonoma County
grape growing in
Southern Pacific Railroad
Soutirage wine merchant
sparkling wine
Spectrum Wine Auctions
Stag’s Leap appellation
Stanford, Jane
Stanford, Josiah
Stanford, Leland
Stanford, Sally
Stanford Research Institute (SRI)
Stanford University
Steinberger, Michael
Sterling Vineyards
Stern, Tom
Stocker, Peter
Stockton, California
Stony Hill
Stowe, Mr.
Strane, Maxine
Super Tuscan wines
Sushi Lovers’ Club
Sushi Ran restaurant, Sausalito
Sutter Home winery
sweet wines
Syrah grapes
table wine (vino da tavola)
Tapia, Tiburcio
Tapia Prudhomme, Maria Merced
taxes on wine
Teal, John W.
Terminal Island prison
Thackrey, Sean
theft of wine
sale of wine from
Theise, Terry
Thomas, Hugh and Ida
Thomas Winery and Plaza
Throckmorton, Joseph (phoney name)
Thunderbird brand
Toasted Head
To Kalon vineyard, Napa
Tokay Vineyards and Winery
Tome, Yoshi
Toshie (babysitter)
Trader Joe’s
transcontinental railroad
Tres Sabores winery
Trident restaurant, Sausalito
Trinchero, Bob
Trinchero, Mario
Truman, Benjamin
Two Buck Chuck
Upper Valley Disposal
Valdepena grapes
Vallejo Fire Department
Vallejo Police Department
Vanquish
V brand
Venge, Nils
vertical integration of a company
vertical tasting
vertical vineyards
Veteran’s Home, Yountville, Napa Valley
Viader, Alan
Viader, Delia
Viader, Janet
Viader, Marciela
Viader Napa Valley
Viader wine
Viall, Mr.
vigilante justice
Vignes, Jean-Louis
Vina Ranch
vines, removing from the soil
vineyards, price per acre
vintage of 1875
Virginia, winemaking in
V wine
Wallace, Benjamin
Walters, Dean
Ward, Dick
Waters, Alice
Weil, L. P.
Wetmore, Louis
white workers, as vineyard laborers
white Zinfandel wine
Williams, Catherine
Williams, Francisca
Williams, Isaac
Williams de Rains, Maria Merced
and Carrillo
loses Rancho Cucamonga to foreclosure
power of attorney signed by, to Robert Carlisle
revokes power of attorney to Carlisle
third marriage
wine
American attitude toward
crimes involving
fire-damaged
placement of, with restaurants
price of
receipts for
sacramental use of
sale of stolen
storage of, temperature and humidity requirements
wine auctions
illegal in some states
laziness and greed of auction houses
wine business, rich men investing in
wine clubs
wine elite, fooled by wine fraud
Wine Expressions website
wine fraud and counterfeiting
amount of fraudulent wine in circulation
Winehaven, near Richmond, California
wine houses
consolidation of
wine lost in SF Earthquake
winemaking, ancient texts about
wineries, family-owned vs. corporate
Wines Central warehouse, Vallejo, 1
aspersions cast on
customers of
managers and employees of, on day of fire
Mark Anderson as customer of
state of, after the fire
Wines Central warehouse fire
aftermaths of
customers affected by
description of events
Mark Anderson conceives notion to set
mess in warehouse after, cleanup
news of
number of wineries affected
refusal of Mark Anderson to admit guilt
signs of arson
testimony, “ruined many people’s lives”
value of damaged wine
wines destroyed in
Wine Spectator
wine storage facilities
theft from
wine storage tank, largest
wine tasting
wine
-tasting groups
The Wine Taylor winery
Wine War of 1894–1898
Winfrey, Oprah
Winston, Dr. (of Los Angeles)
Witten, Cynthia
World War II
Ybarra, Jose Ynocente
Yountville, Napa Valley
Zalvidea, José María de
ZD Wines
Zinfandel grapes
fraudulent
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
FRANCES DINKELSPIEL is an award-winning journalist and the author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California, which was a San Francisco Chronicle bestseller and named a Best Book of the Year by the Chronicle and the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. She is the cofounder of the news Web site Berkeleyside, and her articles have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, People, San Francisco Magazine, and other venues. She lives in Berkeley, California. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
MAJOR CHARACTERS
MAP OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
PROLOGUE: A FIRE IS SET
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: DESTRUCTION
1. THE MYSTERY OF WINE
2. ALL IS LOST
3. THE WRECKED REMAINS
4. A SOGGY, CHARRED MESS
5. JOE SAUSALITO
PART TWO: INVENTION
6. THE BEGINNING OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
7. WINE FEVER
8. BLOOD ON THE LAND
PART THREE: FABRICATION
9. SAUSALITO CELLARS
10. FOR THE LOVE OF WINE
11. WINE FRAUD
PART FOUR: EXPANSION
12. THE STRUGGLE FOR RECOGNITION
13. THE ERA OF THE GREAT SAN FRANCISCO WINE HOUSES
14. THE WINE WAR
15. EARTHQUAKE AND FIRE
PART FIVE: DECEPTION
16. THEFT AND DECEPTION
17. DISMAY
18. THE TRAP IS SET
19. DELAY
PART SIX: REDEMPTION
20. LEGACY
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX: HISTORY OF THE OWNERSHIP OF CUCAMONGA VINEYARD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
PHOTOGRAPHS
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
ALSO BY FRANCES DINKELSPIEL
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