Christy Campbell

The Botanist and the Vintner: How Wine Was Saved for the World

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In the mid-1860s, grapevines in southeastern France inexplicably began to wither and die. Jules-Émile Planchon, a botanist from Montpellier, was sent out to investigate. He discovered that the vine roots were covered in microscopic yellow insects. What they were—and where they had come from—was a mystery. The infestation advanced with the relentlessness of an invading army. Within a few years the plague had spread across Europe; even California's old-world vines succumbed to the aphid's assault. The wine industry was on the brink of disaster. Planchon believed he had the answer and set out to convince the skeptical wine-making and scientifi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56512-528-5
EAN: 9781565125285
Produktnummer: 1936324
Verlag: Algonquin Books Of Chapel
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H20.5 cm x B13.2 cm x D2.6 cm 413 g
Gewicht: 413

Über den Autor

CHRISTY CAMPBELL is a British writer and journalist. He has written for the Telegraph since 1990. The Botanist and the Vintner won the 2005 Glenfiddich Food and Drink Award.