Count Silverio de Baguer’s impact on the modernization of wine-growing and wine- making in the Goriška brda at the end of the nineteenth century

Abstract

The article describes Count Silverio de Baguer’s contribution to the modernization of wine-growing and wine-making in the Goriška brda region. At the end of the nineteenth century, vine diseases that plagued Europe and the County of Gorizia prompted changes in the methods of vine cultivation. Methods of vinification changed as well, following the French oenological example. The notes of Count Silverio de Baguer make it possible to trace his path towards a successful transformation of an estate into a modern business.