Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Illustrations xi
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part one. Origins, c. 1650–1830
7. 1 Writing about Wine 9
8. 2 Why Britain? 23
9. 3 Dutch Courage: The First Wine at the Cape 29
10. 4 First Fleet, First Flight: Creating Australian Vineyards 40
11. 5 Astonished to See the Fruit: New Zealand’s First Grapes 48
12. Part two. Growth, c. 1830–1910
13. 6 Cheap and Wholesome: Cape Producers and British Tariffs 61
14. 7 Echunga Hock: Colonial Wines of the Nineteenth Century 72
15. 8 Have You Any Colonial Wine? Australian Producers and British Tariffs 88
16. 9 Planting and Pruning: Working the Colonial Vineyard 104
17. 10 Sulphur! Sulphur!! Sulphur!!! Phylloxera and Other Pests 118
18. 11 Served Chilled: British Consumers in the Victorian Era 127
19. 12 From Melbourne to Madras: Wine in India, Cyprus, Malta, and Canada 135
20. Part three. Market, c. 1910–1950
21. 13 Plonk! Colonial Wine and the First World War 155
22. 14 Fortification: The Dominions and the Interwar Period 168
23. 15 Crude Potions: The British Market for Empire Wines 180
24. 16 Doodle Bugs Destroyed Our Cellar: Wine in the Second World War 192
25. Part four. Conquest, c. 1950–2020
26. 17 And a Glass of Wine: Colonial Wines in the Postwar Society 205
27. 18 Good Fighting Wine: Colonial Wines Battle Back 219
28. 19 All Bar One: The New World Conquers the British Market 231
29. Conclusion 239
30. Appendix: Notes about Measurements 245
31. Notes 247
32. Bibliography 291
33. Index 319