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 Toasting the holidays with a few tasty gift ideas
By T.J Foderaro
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

From fool-proof wine openers to smart-looking glassware, from weighty reference books to breezy
newsletters, from century-old cognac to new-wave whiskey, the possibilities are endless for the wine or
spirits aficionado on your holiday shopping list.

Would you believe there's even a children's book?

"All summer long Julian has been watching the grapes on the vines that grow all around his house. All
summer long Julian has been waiting for the harvest, because this year he is big enough to help."

Thus begins "The Grapes Grow Sweet: A Child's First Harvest in Wine Country," by Lynne Tuft and
Tessa DeCarlo (Rivervine Press, $19.95).

It's a beautifully illustrated tale of a year in a California vineyard

as seen through the eyes of a young boy.

Full disclosure: My 3-year-old son is named Julian, so I was sold on the book the minute I saw it. But the
more I read it to him, the more I'm convinced "The Grapes Grow Sweet" has the potential to become a
classic -- both for its vibrant watercolor scenes and a story line as dramatic as it is accurate.

In fact, the book was conceived by the mother of a real boy named Julian whose family has been growing
grapes in northern California for generations. The story captures a youngster's wide-eyed amazement at
the transformation of a vineyard from spring to summer to fall -- from bare vines to tender shoots to sweet
grapes. And then the harvest, with all the commotion and excitement it brings.

"Then one night Julian hears voices in the vineyard and a rumbling like thunder.’The gondolas are here!'
he yells. Julian and his father go out in the dark to see the gondolas lined up, huge and empty. 'Tomorrow
the harvest starts,' Julian's father says. 'One week for us to finish a whole year's work.'"

Along the way, there's lots to learn, for child and parent alike. Did you know, for instance, the carts they
use to haul freshly picked grapes from vineyard to winery are called gondolas? I didn't.

To me, the illustrations alone are worth the price of admission -- brilliant impressionistic images in a
style somewhere between Monet and Gauguin. The playful page design mixes action scenes, such as
Julian helping his mother drive a tractor, with dreamy still lifes of vines, flowers and bees.

A fine children's book by any measure, "The Grapes Grow Sweet" would make an ideal gift in the home
of a wine-loving parent. It's available online at www.grapesgrowsweet.com.

Rivervine Press ~ PO Box 585 ~ Geyserville CA 95441 ~ Tel: 707-857-3704 ~ Fax: 707-857-3772
www.grapesgrowsweet.com
 As Seen In

The Healdsburg Tribune

By Millie Howie
November 17-23, 2005

Good Reading, good giving

E
very year about this time, as the weather
becomes less hospitable to the outdoor life,
one of the coziest alternate choices for
enjoying some leisure is to yield to the urge to pick
up a good book and get lost in the written word.
Books, aside from being the perfect companions
for a quiet evening at home, also make excellent
gifts, and we are just about into the time when
gift suggestions are particularly welcome.
I first dipped into a review copy of “The
Grapes Grow Sweet.” The children’s book tells
a story of fascinating enough to hold the interest
of the parents even after they have yielded to the
requests from the small fry to “read it one more
time, then I’ll go to sleep.” The tale chronicles
the first harvest in which four-year-old Julian is
old enough and big enough to participate. The
words come to life in the dozens of illustrations
that follow the progress of the vines in the family’s
vineyard, from dormancy through the harvest.
Julian is, according to the author’s notes, a real
boy who is a member of the fourth generation of
his family to respond to the sights and scents of
the vineyard, and it’s easy to share his enthusiasm
as you read along. Except that it would destroy the
book, physically, the artwork is so tempting that the
idea of framing some of the pages is hard to resist.

www.grapesgrowsweet.com