WINE & WAR
- SUB-TOPIC Of WINE & WAR
- What is Wine & War
- Wine by Wars
- Wine by Country
1) WHAT IS WAR & WINE
- War Taking Place In the Proximity of Vineyards Has Been Going On For 3 Millennium Since Before Greek Time.
- A Sign of Victory Has Been Planting Vines On Newly Conquered Territory.
- Champagne Had Trenches Dug Across Dozens of Premier Cru Vineyards.
- Wars Have Lead to a Ban On Trade Between Enemies.
- *Generally– Vineyards Where Sparred or Not Directly Targeted by Enemies. This is Because Vineyards Where a Symbol or Represented the Power of Possession or the Transfer of Possession.
2) WINE By WARS
100 YEAR WAR (1337-1453) France
- Series of Conflicts Waged by the House of Plantagenet(Rulers of the Kingdom of England) Against the French House of Valois Over the Right to Rule the Aquitaine.
- Aquitaine Belonged to the Kings of England but Was Ruled Under the French Crown.
- The Effects On the Wine Culture-
30 YEAR WAR (1618-1648) Central Europe
- Russians Occupied Champagne In 1814.
WORLD WAR I
- The Effects On the Wine Culture-
WORLLD WAR II
- The Effects On the Wine Culture-
3) WARS By COUNTRY
FRANCE
CAMPAGNE
- The Vineyards of Champagne Were the “Front Line” of Battle and Wars of World War I and World War II.
- During These Wars the Entire Champagne Industry Was Forced to More the Production Operation Into the Wine Cellars
- World War I AKA= “The Great War”, 1914- 1919.
- German Army Invaded Epernay On September 4th. 1914.
- Champagne Was the Frontlines Between the German & Allied Armies.
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- During the Trench Warfare 40% of the Vineyards Were Distroyed.
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- Harvested Grapes Under Shell Fire.
- Result of Battles In Rheingau & Baden
- The Effects On the Wine Culture of Champange–
GERMANY
RHEINGAU & BADEN
- During WWll, These Regions Were Subject to Reoccurring Aireal Bombardment. The Vineyards Were Not Specifically Targeted but Allied Air Forces Would Once Completing a Mission Over Germany Would Routinely Jettison Remaining Munitions On Their Way Back to England to Conserve Fuel.
- August 12th. 1942- Schloss Johannisberg and the Surrounding Vineyards Were a Secondary Target of an Air Raid On Mainz With a Third of the Vineyards Destroyed.
- Result of Battles In Rheingau & Baden-
- The Effects On the Wine Culture of Rheingau & Baden-
ITALY
ALTO ADIGE
- World War I, Taking Place In the “Italian Front/ Alpine Front” 1915-1918. This War Was a Series of Battles at the Borders Between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
- Result of Battles In Alto Adige-
- Collapse of Austro-Hungarian Empire
- Annexation of South Tyrol/ Alto Adige From Austria to Italy Following the Treaty of St. Germain en Laye.
- The Effects On the Wine Culture of Rheingau & Baden-
The END Of COMMUNISM
- The Revolutions of 1989 Lead to a Revelatory Wave In the Early 1990’s That Resulted In the General End of Communist Rule In Central and Eastern Europe and Beyond.
- This Period is Sometimes Referred to as the “Fall of Nations” or the “Autumn of Nations.
- The Effects On the Wine Culture–
**Refer to “BIBLIOGRAPHY/ Sources” For Details On Scholarly Works Referenced.