| Course | The World History of Modern Wine |
| Instructor | Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre |
| Institute | Trinity College (TrinityX) |
| Date | 2019 |
| Duration | 6 weeks (2-5 hours pers week) |
| Cost | Free (archived) |
About the Course
References
- Thomas Brennan, Burgundy to Champagne: The Wine Trade in Early Modern France (Baltimore: JHUP, 1997)
- Kolleen M. Guy, Wine, Champagne and the Making of French Identity in the Belle Epoque (Baltimore: JHUP, 2007)
- Susan Pinkard, A Revolution in Taste: The Rise of French Cuisine (Cambridge: CUP, 2009)
- Paul Lukacs, Inventing Wine (New York: Norton, 2012)
Stephen Bittner is interviewed in week 6. His book about Russian and Soviet wine culture was yet to be published.
- Stephen V. Bittner, Whites and Reds: A History of Wine in the Lands of Tsar and Commissar (OUP, 2021)
About the Teacher
Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre has a PhD and MA in History (Queen’s University Belfast, 2007) is the chair of the Department of History and a historian of modern Britain, Ireland, and British imperialism.
- jrlhistorian.com
- linkedin.com/in/jennifer-regan-lefebvre-346079188
- instagram.com/jreganlefebvre
- Trinity College, Faculty Profile
- The Future 50 Awards 2019, WSET & IWSC
Imperial Wine
| Title | Imperial Wine: How the British Empire Made Wine’s New World |
| Author | Jennifer Regan-Lefebvre |
| Publisher | University of California Press |
| Date | April, 2022 |
| ISBN | 9780520343689 (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 342 |
| Excerpt | Google Books | UCP |
| Awards | 2022 André Simon Award, Drinks |
Articles
- Empire & vine, Decanter 16 Mar 2023
In early Victorian Britain (from the late 1830s onwards), there was as much wine imported from South Africa as there was from France.
Book Review
- Vinous empire, How British imperialism shaped the modern wine industry, by Kathleen Burk, Times Literary Supplement (TLS), January 2023
- JWE Volume 19 | 2024 | No. 1 by Paul Nugent
- Wine Book Review: Britain, Imperialism, and the Wine World They Created by Mike Veseth, April 2022
Interesting. Well-written. Thought-provoking. I learned a lot. Did Imperial Wine change the way I think about wine? Yes, at least a bit. Well worth your consideration.