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History conference: Interwoven history of wine brandy and rum in Nantes
Culture · Tuesday, December 1 · 18:00 · Nantes
Archives Départementales de Loire-Atlantique, 6 Rue de Bouillé
Free
Nantes is the land of the vineyard but also of sugar refineries. Therefore, potentially the land of wine eau-de-vie and cane-syrup eau-de-vie, in other words, rum. In reality, these two competing beverages did not receive the same welcome in the Nantes region. The development of their respective markets, in the 18th and 19th centuries, was, in fact, the result of many ups and downs—economic, legislative, and agricultural: customs regulations, tax constraints, vine crises (downy mildew and phylloxera), but also the sugar crisis and even exploitation…
