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This is a great, interesting example. From the Wikipedia page on Phylloxera: > In France alone, total wine production fell from 84.5 million hectolitres in 187
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
This is a great, interesting example. From the Wikipedia page on Phylloxera:
> In France alone, total wine production fell from 84.5 million hectolitres in 1875 to only 23.4 million hectolitres in 1889. Some estimates hold that between two-thirds and nine-tenths of all European vineyards were destroyed.
- sam_lowry_ 3y agoLittle known fact: we lost the grape used to produce mustard before Phylloxera.
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoCan you explain? I don't understand, as mustard is made from the mustard plant, not grapes.
- coryrc 3y agoDijon
- sam_lowry_ 3y agoMustard grains are soaked in wine vinegar nowadays. Before phylloxera, a grape that gives a wine with high acidity was used. It went extinct.
- sam_lowry_ 3y agocorrection: mustard flour, not grains.