The History and Science of Wine

Masters of Social Gastronomy: The History and Science of Wine. Culinary historian Sarah Lohman and resident food scientist Jonathan Soma are the Masters of Social Gastronomy. Sarah will tell the tale of the scourge of phylloxera that destroyed the European wine industry in the 19th century, the catastrophe that paved the way for the rise and (scandalous!) fall of absinthe. Then, Soma explores the world of legally-protected wine appellations and the concept of terroir. Bonus: the history behind the meteoric rise of ROSÉ!