Creating wine : the emergence of a world industry, 1840-1914 / James Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, James, 1953-

Series:

Princeton economic history of the Western world.

The Princeton economic history of the Western world

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine industry--Europe--History.

Wine industry.

Wine and wine making--Europe--History.

Wine and wine making.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (361 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small family vineyards and cooperative wineries abound. In New World regions like the United States and Australia, the industry is dominated by a handful of very large producers. This is the first book to trace the economic and historical forces that gave rise to very distinctive regional approaches to creating wine. James Simpson shows how the wine industry was transformed in the decades leading up to the First World War. Population growth, rising wages, and the railways all contributed to soaring European consumption even as many vineyards were decimated by the vine disease phylloxera. At the same time, new technologies led to a major shift in production away from Europe's traditional winemaking regions. Small family producers in Europe developed institutions such as regional appellations and cooperatives to protect their commercial interests as large integrated companies built new markets in America and elsewhere. Simpson examines how Old and New World producers employed diverging strategies to adapt to the changing global wine industry. Creating Wine includes chapters on Europe's cheap commodity wine industry; the markets for sherry, port, claret, and champagne; and the new wine industries in California, Australia, and Argentina.

Contents:

European wine on the eve of the railways

Phylloxera and the development of scientific viti-viniculture

Surviving success in the Midi : growers, merchants, and the state

Selling to reluctant drinkers : the British market and the international wine trade

Bordeaux

Champagne

Port

From sherry to Spanish white

Big business and American wine : the California Wine Association

Australia : the tyranny of distance and domestic beer drinkers

Argentina : New World producers and Old World consumers.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

9786613227423

9781283227421

1283227428

9781400838882

1400838886

OCLC:

753705376