HOW RIOJA SAW UPSIDE FROM 19th CENTURY WINE DISASTER
Wine history in Europe is pretty much split into two distinct periods. That’s before and after the phylloxera. Phylloxera is a vine pest that came over from North America in the 1860s and effectively ate its way through the roots of most of Europe’s vineyards. Between 1870 and 1895 it’s estimated up to 80%of Europe’s vineyards were …
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