French Wine : A History / Rod Phillips.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phillips, Rod, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wine and wine making--France--History.

Wine and wine making.

Wine and wine making--Social aspects--France--History.

Wine--Social aspects--France--History.

Wine.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (349 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2016]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

";A fascinating book that belongs on every wine lover's bookshelf.";-The Wine Economist ";It's a book to read for its unstoppable torrent of fascinating and often surprising details.";-Andrew Jefford, Decanter For centuries, wine has been associated with France more than with any other country. France remains one of the world's leading wine producers by volume and enjoys unrivaled cultural recognition for its wine. If any wine regions are global household names, they are French regions such as Champagne, Bordeaux, and Burgundy. Within the wine world, products from French regions are still benchmarks for many wines. French Wine is the first synthetic history of wine in France: from Etruscan, Greek, and Roman imports and the adoption of wine by beer-drinking Gauls to its present status within the global marketplace. Rod Phillips places the history of grape growing and winemaking in each of the country's major regions within broad historical and cultural contexts. Examining a range of influences on the wine industry, wine trade, and wine itself, the book explores religion, economics, politics, revolution, and war, as well as climate and vine diseases. French Wine is the essential reference on French wine for collectors, consumers, sommeliers, and industry professionals.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

A Note on Usage

Introduction

1. From the Beginnings to 1000 CE

2. The Middle Ages 1000-1500

3. New Wines, New Regions 1500-1700

4. Enlightenment and Revolution 1700-1800

5. Stability and Growth 1800-1870

6. Phylloxera and Renewal 1870-1914

7. Pinard and Postwar France 1914-1930

8. From Depression to Liberation 1930-1945

9. French Wine Reinvented 1945 to the Present

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

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 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520960770

0520960777

OCLC:

940342448