Wine History Research - please help...
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 2:06 pm
Hello -
I'm new to this forum but I think this is the place that I could get a little nudge toward some much needed wine history info.
I am currently doing some research on a project that is compiling the most important moments in the history of the weather. Not just huge disasters but also ways that weather has forced man to innovate and thus influenced our culture. Since complex weather combinations are what usually determines a particular vintage's quality - I am investigating if there are any instances in the anecdotal history of wine where a particularly strong year (in any region, though American might be best) had an ifluenced or inspired a chain of events that were greater than the wine itself. For instance is was there some "break out" vintage for Napa Valley that put the whole region on the global wine map. Or any was there some anomalous year in weather that produced a vintage so fine that it's value and desirability have inspired advances in wine making.
These are just ideas - I'm open to any fun story re: famous vintages or current trends that you think are important or even just some extraordinarily great "year" that you think made a difference.
You can respond here with any thoughts or check out my profile and drop me something more detailed.
I really appreciate any help you can give.
I'm new to this forum but I think this is the place that I could get a little nudge toward some much needed wine history info.
I am currently doing some research on a project that is compiling the most important moments in the history of the weather. Not just huge disasters but also ways that weather has forced man to innovate and thus influenced our culture. Since complex weather combinations are what usually determines a particular vintage's quality - I am investigating if there are any instances in the anecdotal history of wine where a particularly strong year (in any region, though American might be best) had an ifluenced or inspired a chain of events that were greater than the wine itself. For instance is was there some "break out" vintage for Napa Valley that put the whole region on the global wine map. Or any was there some anomalous year in weather that produced a vintage so fine that it's value and desirability have inspired advances in wine making.
These are just ideas - I'm open to any fun story re: famous vintages or current trends that you think are important or even just some extraordinarily great "year" that you think made a difference.
You can respond here with any thoughts or check out my profile and drop me something more detailed.
I really appreciate any help you can give.