Dying on the Vine: How Phylloxera Transformed Wine

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Chronicles 150 years of scientific warfare against the grapevine`s worst enemy: phylloxera. This title 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.

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