Dying on the vine how phylloxera transformed wine /

Gale, George, 1943-

Dying on the vine how phylloxera transformed wine / [electronic resource] : How phylloxera transformed wine George Gale. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - ix, 323 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

All your vines are fatally condemned to disappear, monsieur -- La defense: sand, submersion, and sulfiding -- La reconstitution -- The underground battle: grafting on American rootstock -- Phylloxera makes the European grand tour -- The bug goes south: new venues, same story -- The old Americans, or how the fox conquered Europe -- Phylloxera breaks out (twice) in California.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780520948853 (electronic bk.)




Grapes--Diseases and pests--History--19th century.
Grapes--Diseases and pests--History--20th century.
Phylloxera.


Electronic books.

SB608.G7 / G33 2011

634.8/2752