Vintage: A History of Wine. Eps. 5 & 6

Precious but perishable Due to poor storage in wooden barrels in the middle ages, wine tended to deteriorate quickly. This led to England, the major consumer of the time, importing claret from Bordeaux which was close, and the stronger, longer lasting, malmsey and sack (sherry) from the eastern Mediterranean and Spain. “The slopes of gold” looks at the rise of the great vineyards of Burgundy where each tiny vineyard produces individual wine whose qualities are determined by the geology of the area.

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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

302635

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

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

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Languedoc (France)

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

Places → Languedoc (France)

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Sound

Colour

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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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United Kingdom, 1988

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