This two-volume collection analyses the evolution of wine production in European regions across the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. France and Italy in particular have shaped modern viticulture, by improving oenological methods and knowledge, then disseminating them internationally. 

This first volume looks closely at the development of winegrowing, with cases ranging from Italian and French regions to smaller producers such as Portugal and Slovenia. 

Silvia A. Conca Messina is Assistant Professor in Economic History at the University of Milan La Statale, Italy.

Stéphane Le Bras is Associate Professor in Contemporary History at the University of Clermont-Auvergne, France.

Paolo Tedeschi is Associate Professor in Economic History at the University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.

Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro is Associate Professor in Economic History at the University of Perugia, Italy.

1. Terroir, institutions and improvements in European wine history: an Introduction; Silvia A. Conca Messina, Stéphane Le Bras, Paolo Tedeschi, Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro.- 2. The Grapes Country. Portoguese viticulture from the early 19th century until the new millennium; Conceição Andrade Martins and Ana Cardoso de Matos.- 3. History of a vineyeard in Champagne: from 18th to 21th century; Serge Wolikow.- 4. The Development of Winegrowing: Winemaking and distribution of wine in the Lower Moselle (18th-20th Centuries); Thomas Schuetz.- 5. The Mountain Wine, 1800-1900: Case studies from the provinces of Sondrio and Trento; Claudio Besana and Andrea Maria Locatelli.- 6. The Idea of Improvement: theorised vs practiced vine growing in Friuli; Andrea Cafarelli.- 7. The Development of Winegrowing and Oenology in Southern Piedmont and Oltrepò Pavese; Luciano Maffi.- 8. The improvement of the production and quality: thecase of wine production in the Eastern Lombardy during the 19th and 20th Centuries (provinces of Bergamo and Brescia); Paolo Tedeschi.- 9. Viniculture in the Italy of the Mezzadria (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche); Luca Mocarelli and Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro.- 10. Viticulture and Winemaking in Abruzzo from the Unification of Italy to the Development of the Cooperation System; Dario DellOsa.- 11. Winegrowing in Slovenia in the 20th Century; ´arco Lazarevi.