A battle lost and won
THE extraordinary modern-day influence of Robert Parker, an American, (see article) over the fate of the French wine industry might seem blasphemous and alien to traditionalists. But, as Christy Campbell's book on phylloxera illustrates, French wine and the United States go back a long way. In the 19th century, alien imports from America almost destroyed—and then saved—French wine for the world.
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