Decanting Napa Valley: The Cookbook: 100 Wines from Vintners with Pairing Recipes from Restauranteurs, Wineries and Professional Chefs

Decanting Wine Country: The Cookbook unifies hundreds of talented and enthusiastic people within the Napa Valley: the winemakers, the vintners, the chefs and the creative professionals, who, in collaboration, shape America's premier viticultural region.

Michelle Higgins is a professional graphic designer, innovative marketer, and founder of the prestigious Decanting Wine Country TM Association. DWC is the preeminent provider of exclusive Wine Country publications and also produces a series of luxury guidebooks including Decanting Napa Valley, Decanting Sonoma County and Decanting Monterey County (currently in production). Prior to founding the DWC Association in 2006, Michelle Higgins worked in marketing and graphic design for twenty years. Her portfolio includes clients Four Season Resorts, Marie Albert European Furnishings, and Personality Hotels San Francisco. The Decanting Sonoma County Cookbook is currently in the design and development stage. Michelle resides in Yountville, California, with her husband and son. Contributing writers in the Decanting Napa Valley Cookbook include; Georg Riedel (Riedel Crystal), Dennis Kelly (Head Sommelier The French Laundry), Peter Jacobsen (Master Farmer), Aaron Pott (Winemaker), Robin Lail (Vintner), Andrew Hoxsey (Grape Grower), Brooke Cheshier (Wine Blogger), Ann Noble Ph.D. (Wine Aroma Wheel), Ken Frank, (Chef/Owner La Toque), Thalassa Skinner (Cheesemonger), Chris and Tina Carpenter (Slow Food), Gary Penir (Chef/Owner GP Cuisine), The Andersons (Woodhouse Chocolates) ,Claire Bloomberg (Food Photographer), James Allan Cross (Label Designer) and Mr. Charles O' Rear (Photographer). The following restaurants also contributed, created and provided pairing recipes: ad hoc, Angele, Auberge du Soleil, Bardessono, Bistro Don Giovanni, Bouchon, Calistoga Ranch, Cole's Chop House, etoile at Domaine Chandon, Hurley's, La Toque, Meadowood, Michael Mina's, Mustards Grill, Press, Redd, Rutherford Grill, Terra,Tra Vigne, Zuzu, and many other chefs!