| Description |
1 online resource (318 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Princeton economic history of the Western world
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Princeton economic history of the Western world.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-312) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- Selling to reluctant drinkers: the British market and the international wine trade -- Bordeaux -- Champagne -- Port -- From sherry to Spanish white -- Big business and American wine: the California Wine Association -- Australia: the tyranny of distance and domestic beer drink -- Argentina: New World producers and Old World consumers. |
| Summary |
Today's wine industry is characterized by regional differences not only in the wines themselves but also in the business models by which these wines are produced, marketed, and distributed. In Old World countries such as France, Spain, and Italy, small family vineyards and cooperative wineries abound. In New World regions like the United States and Australia, the industry is dominated by a handful of very large producers. This is the first book to trace the economic and historical forces that gave rise to very distinctive regional approaches to creating wine. James Simpson shows how the wine industry was transformed in the decades leading up to the First World War. Population growth, rising wages, and the railways all contributed to soaring European consumption even as many vineyards were decimated by the vine disease phylloxera. At the same time, new technologies led to a major shift in production away from Europe's traditional winemaking regions. Small family producers in Europe developed institutions such as regional appellations and cooperatives to protect their commercial interests as large integrated companies built new markets in America and elsewhere. Simpson examines how Old and New World producers employed diverging strategies to adapt to the changing global wine industry. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Wine industry -- Europe -- History.
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Wine industry. |
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Europe. |
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History. |
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Wine and wine making -- Europe -- History.
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Wine and wine making. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Simpson, James, 1953- Creating wine. Princeton, N.J. ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, ©2011 9780691136035 (DLC) 2011014516 (OCoLC)687685620 |
| ISBN |
9781400838882 (electronic book) |
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1400838886 (electronic book) |
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1283227428 |
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9781283227421 |
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9780691136035 |
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0691136033 |
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