In 1872, in the vineyards of the regions of Languedoc, Gard, Provence, Bordeaux an even in the Burgundy area, the vine shoots and leaves dry out progressively provoking the death of the vine. Jean Emile Planchon, a botanist, wrote in 1873, that if a remedy was not found, the contagious ailment that strikes the vines, … Continue reading The Phylloxera →