Science of Vine and Wine in France, 1750-1990
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Examines viticulture and oenology, and the civilization of wine in modern France.
List of Tables and FiguresAcknowledgmentsMap of FranceIntroduction11Death and Resurrection in the Phylloxeric Vineyard92Scientific Programs for the Spread of the Grafted Vine443Direct-Production Hybrids: Quality Wines?654The Fall of the Hybrid Empire and the Vinifera Victory995Jean-Antoine Chaptal1236Louis Pasteur1557Champagne: The Science of Bubbles1978Burgundy: The Limits of Empirical Science2309Languedoc-Roussillon: Innovations in Traditional Oenology26010The Pasteurian Oenology of Ulysse Gayon27511The Ionic Gospel of the New Oenology28812The Institute of Oenology327Conclusion: Mopping-up Operations or Contemporary Oenology as Normal Science335Select Bibliography349Index353
