Marseille Alumni Conference

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Why do we drink wine?

Plunge into the depths of the research of Professor Fabrizio Bucella. In order to do so, we must go back in time, more precisely to the Neolithic period, or 5,500 years before the Phocaeans transformed Marseille into a viticulture region. Head to the Caucasus, where grapevine stocks and seeds were found at the bottom of a jar. It didn’t take any more than that to launch Bucella into passionate research, resulting in nine years of work, research, and conferences, around the subject of his new book “Why do we Drink Wine”.  He research is covered in a dozen chapters in covering a range of topics as various as archaeology, philosophy, and history. From the “Judgment of Paris” controversy (1976), where during a blind tasting competition, experts preferred the wines of California to the wines of Bordeaux (what a sacrilege!), to the genetic mutation that allowed our ancestors to break down ethanol, and not forgetting about the revelations of expert tests, as well as the influence of the brain on our judgment. Throughout his book, Bucella highlights the link between man and wine.

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Prof. Fabrizio BUCELLA : 

Sommelier, Fabrizio Bucella is a wine and beer specialist.  He is the Director of the wine-tasting school Wine & Dine where he gives courses in Oenology and wine-tasting techniques. He is the author of numerous scientific and generalist articles on wine and beer. He wrote his first book in 2018 called “L"Anti-guide du vin : ce que les autres ne vous disent pas”  (The anti-guide to wine: what the others don’t tell you) and repeated the experience in 2019 with “Why do we Drink Wine?”, a quirky and gripping examination. A doctor of science, and Professor in the Masters in Wine and Vineyard Law programmes at Bordeaux and Reims, Fabrizio Bucella proposes a delightful and documented response to the question that can only satisfy the enthusiasts of the subject.

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