French Wine: A History

Rod Phillips

Published by University of California Press 2016

French Wine

A History

Rod Phillips

https://doi.org/10.1525/9780520960770

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About this book

"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.

Author / Editor information

Phillips Rod :

Rod Phillips teaches history at Carleton University in Ottawa and is the author of a number of books on European social history and the history of wine and alcohol, including Alcohol: A History and A Short History of Wine.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Illustrations Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
A Note on Usage Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. From the Beginnings to 1000 CE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. The Middle Ages 1000–1500 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	34
3. New Wines, New Regions 1500–1700 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
4. Enlightenment and Revolution 1700–1800 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
5. Stability and Growth 1800–1870 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	130
6. Phylloxera and Renewal 1870–1914 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
7. Pinard and Postwar France 1914–1930 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	192
8. From Depression to Liberation 1930–1945 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
9. French Wine Reinvented 1945 to the Present Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Selected Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	313
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	323