Wine Is Our Bread

Daniela Ana is a postdoctoral researcher at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Germany. Her research interests include human-environment relations, soil knowledge and soil care practices, labour studies and migration.

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgementsList of AbbreviationsIntroductionChapter 1. The Making of an Export Industry: Moldovan Winemaking during Different Socio-Political SystemsChapter 2. The Value of Homemade Wine: Debates on HeritageChapter 3. Labour Force Reproduction: Economic Strategies in a Post-Soviet Winemaking VillageChapter 4. Sending Wine Around the World: Globalization and Work Rhythms in the Bottling SectionChapter 5. Nature, Value and Globalized Markets: Articulating the Purcari TerroirConclusion: Wine on the Periphery as an Illustration of the Transnational Dynamics of Value CreationGlossary of TermsReferencesIndex

“This is an excellent book, ‘a little gem’, which provides a highly original contribution to both the fields of anthropology of wine and of postsocialist economies by focusing on an under-researched area.” • Marion Demossier, University of Southampton“This is an excellent ethnographic study focused on wine production in the context of a postsocialist nation. Studies that combine the analytical perspectives of political economy with the much-fetishized global commodity of wine are rare and so this is a welcome contribution.” • Winnie Lem, Trent University