Chronicle of the 16th-century Alsatian viticulture | Muller

By Claude Muller, illustrations by Michel Danner. Claude Muller, PhD in literature, is considered one of the best contemporary specialists in Alsatian viticulture. For about fifteen years, Claude Muller accumulated countless documents from his research in the archives, mentioning the Alsatian vineyard: notes on the quantity and quality of the harvest, climatic considerations, cultivation methods, grape varieties. Drawing from this impressive material, the author presents six volumes dedicated to the 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th centuries, and the 20th century (2 volumes). Going through each year one by one, the various works discuss the characteristics of each vintage, from the early years of the century where poor harvests accumulate, to the war years, black years where only the vine thrives. Publisher: J. D. Reber (2005), 225x320 mm, 232 pages, hardcover, ISBN: 291581404x