Wine for the Ages: The Abbey of Pontigny and the Birth of the French Wine Industry
The article discusses the Duke Odo I of Burgundy who gave the monks of the New Monastery at Citeaux a vineyard at Meursault early in the twelfth century, which serves as the birth date of the French wine industry because of the important contributions made by the Cistercians to the industry. Also di...
| Published in: | Cistercian studies quarterly |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cistercian Studies Quarterly
[2018]
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Cistercian studies quarterly
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KBG France KCA Monasticism; religious orders KDB Roman Catholic Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Wine industry
B Monks B WINE making B WINERIES B Monasteries B Cistercians |
| Summary: | The article discusses the Duke Odo I of Burgundy who gave the monks of the New Monastery at Citeaux a vineyard at Meursault early in the twelfth century, which serves as the birth date of the French wine industry because of the important contributions made by the Cistercians to the industry. Also discussed is the Citeaux's second daughter house, Pontigny in which the scale of Pontigny's operation and the significant advances that the Cistercian abbey brought to modern winemaking. |
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| ISSN: | 1062-6549 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly
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