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This work presents a historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and then Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist, who had served an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens, eventually 'saved wine for the world'.
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Phylloxera : how wine was saved for the world, Christopher Campbell
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- Released
- 2004
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- Title
- Phylloxera : how wine was saved for the world
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Christopher Campbell
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2004
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 352
- ISBN10
- 0007115369
- ISBN13
- 9780007115365
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Science, Wine
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- This work presents a historical investigation into the mysterious bug that wiped out the vineyards of France and then Europe in the 1860s - and how one young botanist, who had served an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens, eventually 'saved wine for the world'.