History of the vineyard of Haut-Poitou from the Middle Ages to the 20th century | Marie Pierre Baudry

The evolution of vineyard work and wine production is a significant part of the history of Haut-Poitou, from the Middle Ages to the present day. After the phylloxera crisis at the end of the 19th century, many vineyards were uprooted, but viticulture, along with wheat cultivation, remained predominant in a small area in the northwest of Vienne: Neuvillois, Mirebalais, Lencloîtrais, Beaumont hills.
Marigny, etc. For the first time, a book covers the entire history of this "great vineyard" mentioned since the Middle Ages, which enriched the abbeys and bourgeois of Poitiers, and the port of Châtellerault. Since the end of the 19th century, Neuville has been the center of production and marketing, thanks to the railway that allowed wine to be exported throughout France and even to Germany.
Thanks also, and above all, to its cooperative cellar, founded here in 1948 by a group of winemakers willing to pool their resources. A wine cellar that, in the 1970s, brought together over 1200 winemakers; a cellar that was the economic engine of Haut-Poitou. This book tells a remarkable economic and human story that, far from nostalgia, also highlights the challenges faced today by winemakers, such as the AOC.
A quality approach that is part of a new common project to defend not only the image of Haut-Poitou wines, but also the social fabric of an entire rural area.