The Botanist and the Vintner: How Wine Was Saved for the WorldAlgonquin Books, 25 mrt 2005 - 360 pagina's In the mid-1860s, grapevines in southeastern France inexplicably began to wither and die. Jules-Émile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. He discovered that the vine roots were covered in microscopic yellow insects. What they were and where they had come from was a mystery. The infestation advanced with the relentlessness of an invading army and within a few years had spread across Europe, from Portugal to the Crimea. The wine industry was on the brink of disaster. The French government offered a prize of three hundred thousand gold francs for a remedy. Planchon believed he had the answer and set out to prove it. Gripping and intoxicating, The Botanist and the Vintner brings to life one of the most significant, though little-known, events in the history of wine. |
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Invasion of phylloxera into southeastern France 186567 | 67 |
Acknowledgements | 273 |
Bibliography | 297 |
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