Readings
Every two weeks, a critical reading of one published work on wine history, economic history or winemaking technique: summarized, put in context and cited, never reproduced.
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2026-09-15
Reading Roger Dion's Histoire de la vigne et du vin en France: The Book That Made Terroir a Social FactBook · Roger Dion, 1959 · Self-published, Paris (reissued Flammarion 1977 and 1990; CNRS Éditions 2010)
A critical reading of Roger Dion's Histoire de la vigne et du vin en France (1959), the self-published masterwork that argued French vineyards were made by markets and power, not by soil.
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2026-07-24
Reading Tim Unwin's Wine and the Vine: Why Vineyards Are Where Politics Put ThemBook · Tim Unwin, 1991 · Routledge
A critical reading of Wine and the Vine (Routledge, 1991), the historical geography that explains the world's wine map by politics, trade and capital.