This is tough to envision, but imagine if you can: the plight of the thousands of families and farmers, and the outright devastation that occurred when Phyloxerra hit Europe in the late 1860s. The tiny aphid hitchhiked from North America to eat grapevine roots, and in the mid- to late-1800s, the root-attacking louse came close… Continue reading
From tragedy to success: the Nulles Wine Cathedral
