Autore
Christ, Georg

Titolo
Did Greek wine became Port? Or why institutional interventions matter (c. 1350-1780)
Periodico
Quaderni storici
Anno: 2013 - Volume: 143 - Fascicolo: 2 - Pagina iniziale: 333 - Pagina finale: 358

This paper investigates the fate of Greek wine in England in the late Middle Agesand the early modern period. It will be explored how Cretan wine was challenged bySpanish and Atlantic wines and eventually even replaced after the Ottoman conquestof Crete. The hypothesis is that the histories of Cretan, Spanish, Atlantic and Portwines are entangled for they all catered to a fairly stable consumer's taste for sweetwine. I will argue that interventions by political authorities, in the form of privileges,free trade areas, customs and monopolies mattered in this process because theychanged incentive structures. For even if actors do not comply with regulations, theystill have to cope with them; using opportunities and avoiding costs, which from thelegislators' perspective might often be fraud.



SICI: 0301-6307(2013)143:2<333:DGWBPO>2.0.ZU;2-I
Testo completo: http://www.mulino.it/download/article/10.1408/74882
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