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Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World
Christy Campbell
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Description for Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World
Paperback. A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist eventually 'saved wine for the world'. BIC Classification: TVSW. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 280.
A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist eventually `saved wine for the world'. In the early 1860s, vines in the lower Rhone valley, and then around Bordeaux, inexplicably began to wither and die. Panic seized France, and Jules-Emile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. Magnifying glass in hand, he discovered the roots of a dying vine covered in microscopic yellow insects. The tiny aphid ... Read more
A historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist eventually `saved wine for the world'. In the early 1860s, vines in the lower Rhone valley, and then around Bordeaux, inexplicably began to wither and die. Panic seized France, and Jules-Emile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent to investigate. Magnifying glass in hand, he discovered the roots of a dying vine covered in microscopic yellow insects. The tiny aphid ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780007115365
SKU
V9780007115365
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Ref
99-2
About Christy Campbell
Christy Campbell was a publisher's editor before turning freelance writer. He has written for the Sunday Telegraph since 1990 when he joined as Defence Correspondent covering the Gulf War. He has made a speciality of `forensic historical investigations' and produced a series of special supplements for the Sunday Telegraph on 20th-century history. He has written a number of non-fiction books ... Read more
Reviews for Phylloxera: How Wine was Saved for the World
'An entertainingly educational story of scientific exploration, political filibustering, profiteering skulduggery and a disaster that was nearly total... This is not just a book for wine buffs. An intoxicating read.' Peter Millar, The Times 'The extraordinary tale of how France's wine industry was saved from ... Read more