The Napa Valley Secret — Robert Smith

A light-hearted novel about a terrible secret that had been forgotten for decades in the history of the founding of the Napa Valley wineries. The descendants of the Moretti Wine Dynasty are faced with difficult choices once the secret finally comes to light. The situation becomes worse---and more comical--when others outside the family learn about the secret and offer their own solutions. Disputes within the family and among the outsiders complicate the final resolution.

While the Moretti family is a fiction, similar disputes have arisen throughout the history of the Napa Valley---although few have been quite so serious...

The author has lived in Northern California his entire adult life and, after retiring from a local University, spent six years working in various tasting rooms in the Napa/Sonoma wine areas before turning his attention to writing about his experiences.