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A Brief History of Wine in Spain

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 April 2013

Stefan K. Estreicher
Stefan K. Estreicher*
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Texas Tech University, Mail Stop 1051, Lubbock, Texas 79409, USA. E-mail: Stefan.Estreicher@ttu.edu
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Abstract

This paper describes the evolution of wine in Spain from Phoenician times to the present, within a historical context. Each of the six main sections deserves more careful analysis, but the broad overview given here could be of interest to the curious (and thirsty) reader.

Type
Focus: The Temptations of Chemistry
Information
European Review , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , May 2013 , pp. 209 - 239
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Copyright © Academia Europaea 2013

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