A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to 20th Centuries, Volume I: Winegrowing and Regional Features

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This two-volume collection analyses the evolution of wine production in European regions across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. France and Italy in particular have shaped modern viticulture, by improving oenological methods and knowledge, then disseminating them internationally. This first volume looks closely at the development of winegrowing, with cases ranging from Italian and French regions to smaller producers such as Portugal and Slovenia. Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii Terroir, Institutions and Improvements in European Wine History: An Introduction (Silvia A. Conca Messina, Stéphane Le Bras, Paolo Tedeschi, Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro)....Pages 1-18 The “Grapes Country”: Portuguese Viticulture from the Early Nineteenth Century Until the New Millennium (Conceição Andrade Martins, Ana Cardoso de Matos)....Pages 19-49 History of a Vineyard in Champagne: From Eighteenth to Twenty-First Century (Serge Wolikow)....Pages 51-76 The Development of Winegrowing, Winemaking and Distribution of Wine in the Lower Moselle (Eighteenth–Twentieth Centuries) (Thomas Schuetz)....Pages 77-101 The Mountain Wine, 1800–1900: Case Studies from the Provinces of Sondrio and Trento (Claudio Besana, Andrea Maria Locatelli)....Pages 103-134 “The Idea of Improvement”: Theorized vs. Practised Vine Growing in Friuli (Andrea Cafarelli)....Pages 135-169 The Development of Winegrowing and Oenology in Southern Piedmont and Oltrepò Pavese (Luciano Maffi)....Pages 171-195 The Improvement of the Production and Quality: The Case of Wine Production in the Eastern Lombardy During the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Provinces of Bergamo and Brescia) (Paolo Tedeschi)....Pages 197-225 Viniculture in the Italy of the Mezzadria (Tuscany, Umbria and Marche) (Luca Mocarelli, Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro)....Pages 227-251 Viticulture and Winemaking in Abruzzo from the Unification of Italy to the Development of the Cooperation System (Dario Dell’Osa)....Pages 253-279 Winegrowing in Slovenia in the Twentieth Century (Žarko Lazarević)....Pages 281-302 Back Matter ....Pages 303-305