Nick Taddeo


Biography

Nick Taddeo lives in Pasadena, California, and is the author of five novels.

"My first experience with making wine came when I was about ten or eleven. I helped my father press what he called Michigan and California grapes in our cellar. Breathing the strong aroma issuing from the fermented must and taking a few sips of the purple juice caused me to stagger around half intoxicated until I could get out for some fresh air.

"I didn’t know at the time I would develop such a strong interest in the process and the people involved. Pouring from any bottle brings an endless variety of tastes depending on the winemaker, the soil, the climate and forever, the grape. So out of this interest I have managed to write two novels, and yet I go on studying the subject and tasting the wines."

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Books

Anna's Passion    by Nick Taddeo
Price: $5.99 USD. 66720 words. Published by Foremost Press  on October 20, 2011. Fiction.

Anna’s Napa Valley winery has been suffering debilitating attacks, not from other competing wineries but from an intensely troubled young man. She must take action soon or she will lose everything: the winery, the land, the vines, and the equipment. Even her identity is being threatened. She must figure a way out.
Night Wine: A Novel    by Nick Taddeo
Price: $4.99 USD. 113840 words. Published by Foremost Press  on June 23, 2010. Fiction.

Night Wine traces the experiences of a determined young immigrant winemaker, Amerigo Pugliesi. His struggles over the forces of weather, Prohibition, and prejudice provide the backdrop for this unique novel set in the California wine country.
August in the Mind    by Nick Taddeo
Price: $1.99 USD. 67400 words. Published by Foremost Press  on December 28, 2009. Fiction.

Tony Antonelli can't explain why he attacked a total stranger without provocation. He suspects genetic memory triggered his action, an ancient hatred inherited. He journeys to Italy, back to his roots, to seek the answer and preserve his sanity. Provides grand insights into Italy today and its remarkable history.
Tinnemaha Creek    by Nick Taddeo
Price: $1.99 USD. 72660 words. Published by Foremost Press  on December 16, 2009. Fiction.

Wildlife vs. human rights clash when a cougar approaches two young girls searching for wildflowers near the eastern slopes of the Sierra Nevadas. Cobra Stevens, wildlife biologist, must restore peace out of chaos that erupts between the ranchers who form a hunter's coalition and the animal rights advocates. And what of the cougar? Will he be the ultimate loser?

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