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The Mountain Wine, 1800–1900: Case Studies from the Provinces of Sondrio and Trento

In: A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to 20th Centuries, Volume I

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  • Claudio Besana

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

  • Andrea Maria Locatelli

    (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)

Abstract

The cultivation of vines and the production of wine represent for the Valtellina (Lombardy) and Trentino-Alto Adige an exemplary case of historical analysis for cultivation integrated in a polycultural economy. The wine from residual factor and self-consumption turns over the centuries into primary and quality crops. In the second half of the nineteenth century, some deep crises cause a “long stagnation” of production and winemaking. These areas are not able to generate processes of resilience and the reduction of the oenological activity feeds a financial and income depression that has its outlet in emigration. The condition of productive and qualitative regression remains until the 1950s when new modern productions appear, with a stronger intensity in the Trentino area than in Valtellina. These areas show the “typical” identity of the mountain economy, always alternating growth and stagnation, conservation and innovation.

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  • Claudio Besana & Andrea Maria Locatelli, 2019. "The Mountain Wine, 1800–1900: Case Studies from the Provinces of Sondrio and Trento," Palgrave Studies in Economic History, in: Silvia A. Conca Messina & Stéphane Le Bras & Paolo Tedeschi & Manuel Vaquero Piñeiro (ed.), A History of Wine in Europe, 19th to 20th Centuries, Volume I, pages 103-134, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palscp:978-3-030-27772-7_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-27772-7_5
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