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Format:
Book
Title:
A short history of wine
ISBN:
9780066212821
Publication:
New York : Ecco, [2000]
Physical Description:
xxi, 369 pages : maps ; 23 cm
Contents:
On the trail of the earliest wines: from the Fertile Crescent to Egypt -- Democratic drinking: wine in ancient Greece and Rome -- Were the 'dark ages' the dry ages? Europe 500-1000 AD -- Wine resurgent: the Middle Ages, 1000-1500 -- New wines, new skills: the revolution in alcohol, 1500-1700 -- Wine in new worlds: the Americas, Africa and Australia, 1500-1800 -- Wine, enlightenment and revolution: Europe in the eighteenth century -- Towards an age of promise: uncertainty and prosperity, 1800-1870 -- A time of troubles: wine and its enemies, 1870-1950 -- Into the light: a half-century of prosperity, 1950-2000.
Summary:
A guide to the history of wine in the western world recreates each of the eras of wine production, from prehistoric times to the contemporary consumer wine culture, detailing the abundance of wine that has been consumed and enjoyed.
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