The development of Hungarian technical literature of oenology

The development of Hungarian technical literature of oenology
Csoma Zsigmond

A BORKULTÚRA KÖZPONT KIADVÁNYAI

The development of Hungarian technical literature of oenology

Csoma Zsigmond

Fordította: Gáspár Tünde

Eger, 2012

Lektorálta:

St. Andrea Szőlőbirtok és Pincészet

A projekt az Európai Unió támogatásával, az Európai Szociális Alap társfinanszírozásával valósult meg.

Felelős kiadó: dr. Czeglédi László

Készült: az Eszterházy Károly Főiskola nyomdájában, Egerben

Vezető: Kérészy László

Műszaki szerkesztő: Nagy Sándorné

„Borkultusz” – borászathoz kapcsolódó képzésfejlesztési programok megvalósítása az Eszterházy Károly Főiskolán

TÁMOP-4.1.2.A/2-10/1-2010-0009

Tartalomjegyzék

Introduction

Dear Student,

In my textbook you will learn about the technical literature of the famous Hungarian oenology, its emergence, development and effects, as well as about the lives and works of the authors and the impact they made. All this should be regarded as important because the technical literature of an age reflects the quality and development of cultivation techniques and technologies in different branches of agriculture and systems of cultivation, as well as the standards and development of the society at the time. Obviously, in the history of the "Gutenberg Galaxy", viticultural and oenological literature forms a separate genre within agricultural literature. It is so, because this branch of agriculture produced great values and it required professional knowledge and skills. These skills, however, are not static but dynamic, so they could vary in different historical times and places, showing different levels of development. The influences from other countries and the expanding knowledge within the country well reflect the development of technical literature, which, at the same time, was the first to provide regional information about viticulture and oenology when describing the different wine regions. Naturally, these works and their authors are valuable sources not only in technical questions but also in obtaining general information about ethnography and in developing self-awareness.
Studying all these, you will learn not merely about the culture of wine, but, in a wider sense, about the history of Hungarian and European culture as well as about the history of science.
Contents (lessons and modules)
I. The development of technical literature of viticulture and oenology. (The first technical books, their importance and the expansion of technical knowledge in Hungary from the 17th to the early 20th century.)

II. Models in Western European technical literature of oenology

Technical books on achievements and observations in French viticulture and oenology

The influence of German technical literature

Technical literature in Austria and Styria

III. Hungarian authors of technical literature and their work

Sámuel Tessedik (1742-1820), a tireless and consistent reformer

Ferenc Schams’s work for Hungarian viticulture and oenology and for the development of technical literature

IV. Technical knowledge of winery in the 18th-19th century, according to technical literature

Knowledge about the relation between the speed of juice fermenting, temperature and

fermentation

Knowledge about fermenting microorganisms and yeasts

The difficult start of fermentation and its activation

V. The first medical dissertation on wine, discussing the wines of Sopron. Its importance in the Habsburg Empire (1715)

VI. The formation and development of Hungarian technical language and terminology of viticulture and oenology

VII. Peter Jordan, the éminence grise of Austro-Hungarian agricultural education and agriculture at the turn of the 18th and 19th century

The role of economic schools and societies in technical literature in Europe

Jordan’s students and the centre of agricultural education and literature in Göttingen

VIII. János Nagyváthy, the author of the first Hungarian technical book on agriculture, his knowledge of viticulture and oenology and its resources

The management of vine growing on the estate of Keszthely

IX. Western European ampelographies as models in technical literature

The first Hungarian descriptions of varieties as special technical literature

The first Hungarian observations, descriptions and production assessments of Western European varieties

X. Wine-producing protestant priests and teachers of Hungary who were readers and authors of technical books (Their work in technical literature and the impact of their model farms at the turn of the 18th and 19th century)

XI. Móric Preysz (1829-1877) who was ahead of Pasteur, the French scientist
Aim: to learn and interpret the development and influence of the Hungarian technical literature of oenology, and the influence of European technical literature on it, to learn about the lives and works of Hungarian authors of technical literature and to recognise their importance. Accordingly, students are required to know the major tendencies, the authors and their works, the most important and the most characteristic achievements of technical literature, their importance in technical history, and the influence they had on the history of Hungarian oenology and on Hungarian technical literature. The exam, which is to assess the students’ knowledge and to mark their performance, can be taken either as an oral exam or as a written test. The tasks include giving definitions, recognizing key terms, self-checking questions, essay questions, open questions, matching exercises and multiple choice tests.
Appendices: compulsory readings and further readings.