WINE & WAR

  • SUB-TOPIC Of WINE & WAR
    1. What is Wine & War
    2. Wine by Wars
    3. 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.
        • During the Trench Warfare 40% of the Vineyards Were Distroyed.
    • 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–

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