Wine by design : Santa Barbara's quest for terroir /

"In the later-half of the twentieth-century the Santa Barbara, California wine industry became a vital part of the global wine community through a process of Wine By Design that utilized science, technology, and agribusiness capitalist tenants. This history, set in the context of nineteenth- an...

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Main Authors: Geraci, Victor W. (Victor William), 1948- (Author)
Published: University of Nevada Press,
Publisher Address: Reno, Nevada :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Summary: "In the later-half of the twentieth-century the Santa Barbara, California wine industry became a vital part of the global wine community through a process of Wine By Design that utilized science, technology, and agribusiness capitalist tenants. This history, set in the context of nineteenth- and twentieth-century state, national, and global wine history, illuminates a story of how a regional wine industry became part of the national and international wine industry"--
Carrier Form: xiv, 232 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-212) and index.
ISBN: 9781948908443
1948908441
Index Number: HD9377
CLC: F471.29
F471.268
Call Number: F471.268/G354
Contents: Wine begins its journey to Santa Barbara -- Santa Barbara's first wine industry -- False starts and the road to rediscovering Santa Barbara -- The California wine revolution looks to Santa Barbara -- Santa Barbara pioneers plant wine grapes -- Santa Barbara gains recognition -- 1990s : Santa Barbara gains vintibusiness status -- Booming business : continued problems -- Wine is here to stay -- The new millennium brings new challenges -- New millennium-New land-use and environmental challenges -- A decade of successful expansion : 2000 to 2010 -- Old problems, new challenges -- The era of boutique wineries.