The Second World War and its new world of wines, with comparative reference to South Africa and the USA c. 1939 - 1945

[摘要] ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The following dissertation offers an investigative history of the transformation of two New World wine producers during the Second World War. Notable changes in the South African wine industry will be compared to that of California.The Second World War fundamentally altered technology, production, marketing, distribution, export capabilities, structure and consumption in the above-mentionedwine industries.Using the Union of South Africa as a point of departure, it will be shown how the War was both a predicament and an opportunity.This is by no means an extensive enquiry into these two wine industries in this period. Instead, it serves as a contribution to the miraculous and bottomless vat that is winehistory.

[发布机构] Stellenbosch University