Phylloxera arrived from North America in the 1860s and destroyed most of Europe’s vineyards. The fix was grafting European vines onto resistant American rootstock.
The wine is French. What is underneath it is not.
The Wrong Century – Nora and Theo host a dinner party in the wrong era. Both hosts are AI-generated. The history is checked against sources before a word gets written.
Sources: Phylloxera epidemic, 1860s-1890s – standard viticultural histories
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