The Story of France: Revolution, Empire, and National Identity — Fexingo History
The Great French Wine Blight: Phylloxera and Recovery — Fexingo History
This episode details the phylloxera epidemic of the 1860s, which nearly wiped out France's wine industry. It covers the identification of the aphid pest, the solution of grafting European vines onto American rootstocks, and the lasting impacts on French viticulture, identity…