From the vineyards in Champagne to Champagne wine, from the Bronze Age to the industrial age | Patrick Demouy and Marie-Hélène M

Most of the publications on Champagne wine start with the effervescence. However, the planting of vines in the region dates back to Roman times, and the large ecclesiastical estates of the Middle Ages shaped a landscape of which we are the heirs. The role of wine in sociability, the rituals that accompany the opening of a bottle, the images and values attributed to it, all date back to modern times. Historians, archaeologists, geologists, geographers, botanists, sociologists, architects, and representatives of the profession came together in a conference that aimed at a long-term perspective. The texts gathered here mark the renewal of viticultural studies in Champagne, under the seal of multidisciplinarity.

Contributors to this work: Emmanuelle BONNAIRE, Jean-Jacques CHARPY, Michel CHOSSENOT, Anne COMBAUD, Jeanne CORNUET, Patrick DEMOUY, Claire DESBOISTHIBAuLT, Abel LAMAUVINIÊRE, Francis LEROY, Dorota LEWANDOWSKA, Jackie LUSSE, Alain MARRE, Véronique MATrERNE, Fabienne MOREAU, Marie-Hélène MORELL, Benoît MUSSE1 Aurélien NOUVION, Dominique PARGNY, Fabrice PERRON, Claudine WoLlKow.