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Hélène Giaufret Colombani et al., « De dictionnaires en Encyclopédie. Le savoir œnologique et sa diffusion », Dix-Huitième Siècle (documents), ID : 10.3406/dhs.1997.2159
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Hélène Giauffret-Colombani and Maria Teresa Mascarello : From dictionaries to the Encyclopédie : oenological knowledge and its popularisation. An analysis of the entries for "wine" in some 18th-century lexicographical works (Dictionnaire de l'Académie, Dictionnaire de Trévoux, Savary de Bruslons's Dictionnaire du commerce and the Encyclopédie) provides a good idea of the impressive body of knowledge concerning wine, initially reserved for the upper classes, but which was later to reach a new reading public through more didactic works. Fermentation (still a mysterious process), vinification, adulteration, commercialisation, and wine-producing regions and countries were all covered. An elaborate framework was used to analyse wine quality (body, strength and acidity, bouquet and taste, colour and age). While focussing mainly on wine consumption, the entries also paid much attention to therapeutic and dietetic uses. Finally, figurative phrases and expressions bear witness to the role of wine in the French language.
