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- Title
Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar.
- Authors
Nugent, Paul
- Abstract
But ultimately, Bittner brings it all back to the preferences of Russian consumers, located far away from the places where the wine was produced, for wines that were sweetened and had grain spirit added to them. But the crucial difference was that while Algerian wines were always oriented to the French market, Russian/Soviet wines were largely based on French varietals but were geared almost entirely to an undiscerning domestic market. Examples are drawn from across Russia/the Soviet Union, but the greater part of the text is concerned with Bessarabia (mostly what is now Moldova), Georgia, and especially Crimea, which was where the best wine was reputedly produced.
- Subjects
WHITES &; Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar &; Commissar (Book); RED wines; FRENCH wines; RUSSIA-Ukraine Conflict, 2014-; WINE industry
- Publication
Journal of Wine Economics, 2022, Vol 17, Issue 4, p360
- ISSN
1931-4361
- Publication type
Book Review
- DOI
10.1017/jwe.2022.33