Phylloxera : how wine was saved for the world
Campbell, Christopher, 1951-2004
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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'.
Main title:
Phylloxera : how wine was saved for the world / Christy Campbell.
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Imprint:
London : Harper Perennial, 2004.
Collation:
xxxvii, 314 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: HarperCollins.Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index.
ISBN:
9780007115365 (pbk)
Dewey class:
634.827094
Language:
English
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BRN:
197683