The history of Rioja wine : tradition and invention
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The history of Rioja wine : tradition and invention
（Routledge studies of gastronomy, food and drink / series editor, C. Michael Hall）
Routledge, 2023
- : hbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
Important and significant volume looking at the remarkable history of Rioja wine for the first time enriching knowledge and addressing debates on inventions of tradition, impacts of crisis for innovation and progress.
Based on unpublished sources, the book traces the economic, social, cultural and political evolution of Rioja's wine over the following decades offering new insight into the social history of wine production, distribution and consumption.
Written by leading academic.
Wide appeal to those interested in wine studies, sociology, social history, tourism, events, hospitality and food studies.
Table of Contents
- 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 Medoc 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
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