Creating wine : the emergence of a world industry, 1840-1914
Title:
Creating wine : the emergence of a world industry, 1840-1914
Author:
Simpson, James, 1953-
ISBN:
9780691136035
Publication Information:
Princeton [etc.] : Princeton University Press, 2011
Physical Description:
xxxvii, 318 p. ; 24 cm
Series:
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Series Title:
The Princeton economic history of the Western world
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Pt. I. Technological and organizational change in Europe, 1840-1914. 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 -- pt. II. The causes of export failure. Selling to reluctant drinkers : the British market and the international wine trade -- pt. III. Institutional innovation : regional appellations. Bordeaux -- Champagne -- Port -- From sherry to Spanish white -- pt. IV. The great divergence : the growth of industrial wine production in the New World. 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 -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Vineyards and wineries -- Appendix 2. Wine prices.
Subject:
| Wine industry -- Europe -- History |
| Wine industry -- History |
| Wine and wine making -- Europe -- History |
| Wine industry -- California -- History |
| Wine industry -- Australia -- History |
| Wine industry -- Argentina -- History |