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About this book
Time is an essential element of each glass of wine that we drink. Within moments of it being poured from a bottle, or when a barrel is exposed to air, wine begins to change in subtle and irreversible ways. At the other end of the temporal scale, the bedrock of the vineyard landscapes that grow the grapes to make this wine were formed over millennia past. From the deep past to the current moment, this book shows how historical influences and technological processes have shaped Hunter wine from vine to glass.Â
The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region, so its history and heritage are integral to understanding how Australian wine has evolved. Australian cultures of making, selling and drinking wine are more than echoes of British and European traditions and trends— they represent new practices and styles. Hunter wine is the result of horticultural, chemical, technological, social and economic experimentation by men and women who have migrated to the region since the 1820s. In turn, the Hunter landscape and people have been shaped by the presence of vineyards and wineries since early colonisation. This book gives new expression to connected histories of nature and culture in the region by viewing them through the lens of wine history.
The Hunter Valley is Australia's oldest wine region, so its history and heritage are integral to understanding how Australian wine has evolved. Australian cultures of making, selling and drinking wine are more than echoes of British and European traditions and trends— they represent new practices and styles. Hunter wine is the result of horticultural, chemical, technological, social and economic experimentation by men and women who have migrated to the region since the 1820s. In turn, the Hunter landscape and people have been shaped by the presence of vineyards and wineries since early colonisation. This book gives new expression to connected histories of nature and culture in the region by viewing them through the lens of wine history.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Title Page
- Half Title
- Contents
- A note on style and measurements
- A timeline of the Hunter winegrowing community
- The Hunter region map
- Introduction: making wine history
- Chapter 1: Vitis vinifera in Aboriginal Country:introducing an ancient plant to an ancient land
- Chapter 2: A network of instigators:imagining Hunter winegrowing, 1828–35
- Chapter 3: Experiments and expectations:willing Hunter wine into being, 1836–46
- Chapter 4: Creating an industry through co-operation:the Hunter River Vineyard Association, 1847–76
- Chapter 5: A common people’s paradise:German immigration from 1849
- Chapter 6: New worlds of wine, at home and abroad:first wave globalists, 1877–1900
- Chapter 7: Amid turmoil and temperance:the forgotten generation and the stoics, 1901–54
- Chapter 8: Civilised drinking in a wine nation:the Renaissance generation, 1955–83
- Conclusion: the blood of the grape
- Notes
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Copyright