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The research, the findings and the questions that feed SpiLi's scholarly project. The history of distilling, terroirs, techniques, tangible and intangible heritage — published as the work goes, sourced, and open to correction.
The country of appellations, of centuries-old houses and of the world's greatest diversity of spirits has never devoted a place to that heritage. It is not an oversight : it is the result of a history, a body of law and a certain unease.
Read the article →AOC, GI, appellations : behind a technical vocabulary lies the way France invented legal protection for distilled terroir. What these acronyms really guarantee, and what they do not.
Read the article →How did a laboratory instrument designed for perfumes and remedies become the heart of a world culture ? A thousand years of history, from Mesopotamia to the monasteries of the West.
Read the article →The Journal appears at the pace of the project's research. An error, a clarification, a source to add ? Write to us — correction is part of the method.