Richmond’s Winehaven stars in a new novel by Dan Hanel, “Beneath the Tangled Vines’” the latest in his “In the Shadow of Diablo” series .

Dan Hanel has been an educator for over 35 years - as an award winning science teacher when he was named the Distinguished High School Science Teacher for the State of California, and as an award winning school administrator serving at the high school, district, and county office levels. He grew up in Richmond, CA and received a degree in Biology from U.C., Berkeley and a Masters in Education from Cal State University, Hayward. Visit his website at www.DanHanel.com.

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From the Summary:

The Great Quake of 1906 left San Francisco in ruins. The destruction not only paralyzed the city, it also devastated California’s burgeoning wine industry as more than two dozen of downtown San Francisco’s wine warehouses burned to the ground. Vowing to rebuild, the California Wine Association settled on Contra Costa County’s western shore as the new home for Winehaven ― the largest winery in the world.

Presently, newlyweds Harrison and Celeste also find themselves drawn into exploring the county’s historic wine industry through a mysterious bottle, a cryptic note, and an ancient Chinese bone box. As the two teachers investigate one family’s mystery and its possible connection to a hidden fortune, it soon becomes clear that there are dark secrets hidden beneath the tangled vines of the past.

​From unsung Chinese immigrants to renown vineyard owners John Muir and John Swett, join Harrison and Celeste’s perilous quest in the one place where past meets present, fact meets fiction, and mystery meets romance . . . in the Shadow of Diablo.