The Mountain Wine, 1800–1900: Case Studies from the Provinces of Sondrio and Trento

Claudio Besana () and Andrea Maria Locatelli ()
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Claudio Besana: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Andrea Maria Locatelli: Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

A chapter in A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to 20th Centuries, Volume I, 2019, pp 103-134 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The cultivation of vines and the production of wine represent for the Valtellina (Lombardy) and Trentino-Alto Adige an exemplary case of historical analysis for cultivation integrated in a polycultural economy. The wine from residual factor and self-consumption turns over the centuries into primary and quality crops. In the second half of the nineteenth century, some deep crises cause a “long stagnation” of production and winemaking. These areas are not able to generate processes of resilience and the reduction of the oenological activity feeds a financial and income depression that has its outlet in emigration. The condition of productive and qualitative regression remains until the 1950s when new modern productions appear, with a stronger intensity in the Trentino area than in Valtellina. These areas show the “typical” identity of the mountain economy, always alternating growth and stagnation, conservation and innovation.

Keywords: Viticulture; Wine; Agriculture; Mountain; Alps (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27772-7_5

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