All About Phylloxera – Part III – California Wine History

This is the third and final post discussing Phylloxera’s impact on the wine industry. The first post was all about the biology of Phylloxera, while the second discussed its impact in France and how that led to the introduction of French hybrids in California.  This final post will be a brief view into the history…

All About Phylloxera – Part II – France

Phylloxera is a very complex organism and has had a longtime relationship with wine.  There are so many aspects of this relationship, I’ve decided to break it up into several blog entries.  My first post was about the organism  itself – more biological.  This second entry will be the history of phylloxera infestation in France and what…

All About Phylloxera Part 1 – Science

Phylloxera is a very complex organism and has had a longtime relationship with wine.  There are so many aspects of this relationship, I’ve decided to break it up into several blog entries.  This first post will be about the organism  itself – more biological.  The second entry will be the history of phylloxera infestation in…