The Botanist and the Vintner: How Wine Was Saved for the World

by Christy Campbell

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Describes how French botanist Jules-Émile Planchon, aided by American entomologist Charles Valentine Riley, came up with a solution to a devastating plague of aphids that nearly destroyed the French wine industry.
  • ISBN10 1565125282
  • ISBN13 9781565125285
  • Publish Date 1 April 2006 (first published 25 March 2005)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Algonquin Books
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 320
  • Language English