The History of Rioja Wine offers an informative, chronological and in-depth account of Rioja wine from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.
This book illuminates the fascinating and largely unknown success story of Rioja wine. Drawing on illustrative sources, the volume traces the economic, social, cultural and political evolution of Rioja wine from the 1850s to the present day, concluding with a reflection on the lesson its appealing success story offers to any lover of history and wine. The book is adorned with historical photographs throughout, the majority previously unpublished.
An ideal companion both for students interested in Spanish history and wine enthusiasts more generally, this volume offers readers the opportunity to uncork the secrets of Rioja’s wine.
Author(s): Ludger Mees
Series: Routledge Studies of Gastronomy, Food and Drink
Publisher: Routledge
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 254
City: London
Cover
Half Title
Series Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
1. An intruder at the royal table
2. Everything started with a crisis
3. Taste and status: the invention of the “gourmet” in early bourgeois society
4. A voice in the wilderness
5. The Médoc connection: transnational knowledge transfer or industrial espionage?
6. Conquering the Queen’s palate
7. Thwarted: too modern for the time
8. Quantity beats quality: the challenge of the phylloxera plague
9. The comeback: shape and consolidation of a brand
10. New wine, new conflicts: industrial wineries, small winegrowers and the state
11. The globalization trap: challenges and opportunities for Rioja wine in the twenty-first century
Index
