Napa Valley: A View from Above by Feil, Charles, Rose, Ernest (2002) Hardcover - Hardcover

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Charles (Chuck) Feil’s professional photography career began in 1966, and he counts among his many credits work on the Jane Goodall World of Wildlife Series. For the past 10 years he has combined his love of flying with his photography. Chuck shoots his photographs at the same time he pilots his gyroplane, Rooty Kazooty, over America’s landscapes. His previous books have been top sellers and cover regions from Maine to Florida.As a direct result of this adventure, "Napa Valley - A View from Above" is a collaboration with his talented friend Ernest Rose and the first book under their own publishing label, VFA Publishing. Charles is a former resident of the San Francisco Bay area, but now makes his home in Portland, Maine.

Since 1975, Ernest (Ernie) Rose has had a passion for working with startup businesses to establish them as nationally recognized firms providing quality products and services. In 1985 he became the corporate advertising manager for the national franchise firm Mail Boxes Etc. USA in San Diego, CA and helped grow the business over 700% in 3 years. Leaving the corporate world, Ernie moved back to Maine where he firmly established Rose Designs as a leading advertising and design studio in southwestern Maine, while also opening a metaphysical center, and publishing a statewide, monthly newspaper. With over 25 years experience in the graphic design, printing and advertising industries, Ernie brings to VFA Publishing an eye for detail, creative design, and a focus on high quality printing.

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Napa Valley’s magic plays out in the grapevines that unfurl from the banks of San Pablo Bay and flourish throughout the valley’s mountain ranges, lakes and villages of Napa, Yountville, Oakville, Rutherford, Angwin, St. Helena, and Calistoga. The numerous wineries and vineyards of these historic communities are the backbone of this fertile valley and the very essence of its popularity. Visitors come to Napa Valley to partake in the pleasures of its fruit and hospitality, as well as to behold its majestic landscape. Residents live out their lives in peaceful communion with the land and its ambience.

We have come to seek and photograph a different view—a view that only a few are fortunate to experience—a view that the redtail hawk and other flying species are privileged to witness daily. It is the unsurpassed view from aloft.

We bring with us a flying machine honed to perfection for soaring and photographing. We come to collaborate with the people whose passion it is to grow and harvest the very finest grapes and to produce award-winning wines. We leave behind aerial moments captured on film throughout a year of seasons in Napa Valley.