Hunter wine : a history / Julie McIntyre and John Germov.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntyre, Julie (Environmental Historian), author.

Germov, John, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making--Australia--Hunter River Valley (New South Wales)--History.

Wine and wine making.

Hunter River Valley (N.S.W.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, New South Wales : University of New South Wales Press, [2018]

Summary:

The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region, so its history and heritage are integral to understanding how Australian wine has evolved. Australian cultures of making, selling and drinking wine are more than echoes of British and European traditions and trends -- they represent new practices and styles. Hunter wine is the result of horticultural, chemical, technological, social and economic experimentation by men and women who have migrated to the region since the 1820s. In turn, the Hunter landscape and people have been shaped by the presence of vineyards and wineries since early colonisation.This book gives new expression to connected histories of nature and culture in the region by viewing them through the lens of wine history.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

A note on style and measurements

A timeline of the Hunter wine growing community

The Hunter Region map

Introduction: making wine history

1 Vitis vinifera in Aboriginal Country: introducing an ancient plant to an ancient land

2 A network of instigators: imagining Hunter winegrowing, 1828-35

3 Experiments and expectations: willing Hunter wine into being, 1836-46

4 Creating an industry through co-operation: the Hunter River Vineyard Association, 1847-76

5 A common people's paradise: German immigration from 1849

6 New worlds of wine, at home and abroad: first wave globalists, 1877-1900

7 Amid turmoil and temperance: the forgotten generation and the stoics, 1901-54

8 Civilised drinking in a wine nation: the Renaissance generation, 1955-83

Conclusion: the blood of the grape

Notes

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [288]-292) and index.

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ISBN:

9781742248738

174224873X

OCLC:

1081315696