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French-style regulation of yield, site, grape variety and other factors do more harm than good.

Posted on November 17, 2014 by damewine

Viticultural devastations during the second half of the 1800s in France, such as phylloxera, made fine wines scarce and adulteration and fraud more prevalent. This spurred the creation of french-style regulation of yield, site and grape variety to bring these … Continue reading →