Dying on the Vine: How Phylloxera Transformed Wine

by George Gale

Dying on the Vine chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine's worst enemy: phylloxera. In a book that is highly relevant for the wine industry today, George Gale describes the biological and economic disaster that unfolded when a tiny, root-sucking insect invaded the south of France in the 1860s, spread throughout Europe, and journeyed across oceans to Africa, South America, Australia, and California--laying waste to vineyards...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520265483
• ISBN13: 9780520265486
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.1"