Italy in a Wineglass
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Italy in a Wineglass

The Taste of History

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eBook - ePub

Italy in a Wineglass

The Taste of History

About this book

The world is enamoured with Italy: its culture, art, food and fashion, the beauty of its landscapes, its famous cities—and, of course, its wine.

From the ancient Greeks to Garibaldi, from Christianity to feminism, and from the Medici to Napoleon, travel writer and oenophile Marc Millon reveals how the story of Italy has always been entwined with the story of wine. Through the millennia, wine has been a celebratory libation at great events. It has lubricated moments of joy and offered solace in times of despair. It has brought courage to warriors before battle and been drunk in ecstatic quantity by the victors. Whether it be Possessioni Rosso, still made today by descendants of Dante; Casa E. di Mirafiore, from a wine estate founded by the son of Italy’s first king; or Terre Rosse di Giabbascio, pressed from grapes grown on ex-Mafia land, these wines, and many more, provide an intoxicating insight into the ideas, events and personalities that made Italy.

If history can sometimes be throat-achingly dry, Italy in a Wineglass offers an enjoyably fresh take on this country’s past, present and future, through the story of one of the world’s most popular drinks.

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Information

Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781911723073
eBook ISBN
9781805261414

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Introduction
  8. 1. Across Wine-Dark Seas
  9. 2. The Mysterious Etruscans
  10. 3. Wine, Salt and Imperial Purple
  11. 4. Slaking the Thirst of an Empire
  12. 5. The Triumph of Christianity
  13. 6. Dark Age Illumination
  14. 7. The Monastic Tradition
  15. 8. ā€˜Lo Stupor Mundi’
  16. 9. Pilgrims’ Progress
  17. 10. The Mezzadria
  18. 11. Tower Power
  19. 12. Dante Alighieri
  20. 13. Politics and Power, Art and Wine
  21. 14. Merchants of Venice
  22. 15. Spanish Italy
  23. 16. North-East Italy
  24. 17. Risorgimento and Unification
  25. 18. Nation-Building Through the Stomach
  26. 19. Ideals, Economics and Heroic Wines
  27. 20. Wars and Wine
  28. 21. The ā€˜Economic Miracle’
  29. 22. ā€˜Made In Italy’
  30. 23. Crime and Wine
  31. 24. Donne e Vino
  32. 25. Back to The Future
  33. Glossary
  34. Acknowledgements
  35. Index of Wines by Region
  36. Directory of Wine Producers
  37. Bibliography
  38. Index
  39. Back Cover