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Tasting The Good Life

Five million visitors a year travel to California`s Napa Valley to experience the good life: to taste fine wines, eat fine food, and immerse themselves in other sophisticated pleasures while surrounded by bucolic beauty. Tourism is the world`s largest employer, and tourists today want to experience the world through all five senses. Tasting the Good Life tells the story of Napa tourism through the words of the tourists who visit and the men and women who provide the products and services they rely on. The stories of 17 peopleofrom winemaker to vineyard manager, from celebrity chef to waiting staff, from hot air balloonist to masseuseoprovide extraordinary insight into this new form of tourism and its impact on an iconic American place.
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Five million visitors a year travel to California`s Napa Valley to experience the good life: to taste fine wines, eat fine food, & immerse themselves in other sophisticated pleasures while surrounded by bucolic beauty. Tourism is the world`s largest employer, & tourists today want to experience the world through all five senses. Tasting the Good Life tells the story of Napa tourism through the words of the tourists who visit & the men & women who provide the products & services they rely on. The stories of 17 peopleofrom winemaker to vineyard manager, from celebrity chef to waiting staff, from hot air balloonist to masseuseoprovide extraordinary insight into this new form of tourism & its impact on an iconic American place.

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Stanfords was established in 1853 and opened their iconic Covent Garden flagship store in 1901. They have become the top retailer of maps, travel books and accessories in the UK and arguably offer the largest selection of maps and travel books worldwide. Famous names such as Captain Robert Falcon Scott, Ranulph Fiennes and Michael Palin have purchased from Stanfords. They now have a shop in Bristol and both stores together with other venues operate a calendar of events including talks, book signings and exhibitions. As a specialist map retailer, the map selection is comprehensive and includes road maps, street maps and walking maps from worldwide destinations, as well as a selection of world atlases and wall maps. Books include travel guides and travel literature. Stanfords also stock globes, from miniatures made of blue marble to magnificent floor-standing globes. The website features a selection of interesting articles on travel topics.
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