Amerine Maynard

The American physiologist, oenologist, publicist and university lecturer Maynard A. Amerine (1911-1998) was appointed in 1935 to the University of California 's viticulture department, which was revived after the American Prohibition (1920-1933). He would later head it for five years from 1957 to 1962. Amerine began his work by analysing numerous European (of which he imported hundreds from Spain, Italy, France and Greece ) and American grape varieties and created an extensive herbarium. This was then completed after him by Dr Harold P. Olmo. He was also intensively involved in the re-education of winegrowers, as the knowledge had been largely lost during Prohibition because many farms or winegrowers had stopped producing wine.

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