The Smart Traveller’s Wine Guide Napa Valley is the perfect companion for the wine lover and the wine-curious. The book covers the history of this beautiful Californian wine region and its visionary founders, its unique geography and the wonderful variety of wines Napa produces. From Spring Mountain to St Helena, Carneros to Coombsville, it list where to stay and where to eat, which wineries to visit, wine routes to drive and cycle, the best downtown tasting rooms – and how to get to the places most tourists never see.

Maria C. Hunt is a freelance journalist specialising in cultural stories around wine, food, design, and wellness, and has written for Esquire, Dwell, Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Wine Enthusiast, and Christian Science Monitor. She's the author of The Bubbly Bar: Champagne + Sparkling Wine Cocktails for Every Occasion (Clarkson Potter, 2009).