Vintage: A History of Wine. Eps. 3 & 4

The empire of the vine tells how cultivation of the vine brought civilisation to the Mediterranean, through the Greeks and Romans who spread its cultivation from the area around Pompeii, to Tuscany and into France via the Rhone valley. “Northern limits” looks at the history of German vineyards along the Moselle and Rhine rivers. Initiated by the Romans at Trier, continued by Charlemagne and the Cistercian monks in the middle ages, experiments with new wines continue to this day in this apparently inhospitable climate.

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production company

Malone Gill Productions

WGBH (Boston)

Channel 4

co-producers/directors

Michael Gill

Christopher Ralling

Duration

01:00:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302608

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Wine and wine making

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Germany - Description and travel

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Wine and wine making

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Colour

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1988

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