author
J.-F. (Joseph-François) Audibert
1854–1921
Best known for practical books on winemaking, he turned a post-phylloxera crisis into an opportunity and helped popularize wine made from dried grapes in France. Writing from Marseille in the late 19th century, he focused on clear, useful methods rather than theory alone.
1 Audiobook
L'art de faire le vin avec les raisins secs
by J.-F. (Joseph-François) Audibert
About the author
Born in Marseille in 1854 and dying there in 1921, Joseph-François Audibert was a French wine writer, merchant, and promoter of wine made from dried grapes. French reference sources describe him as a key figure in developing and publicizing that industry in France after the devastation caused by phylloxera.
He was based in Marseille, where he traded in dried grapes, and his books reflect that hands-on background. Rather than writing as a distant academic, he explained how to make, improve, clarify, and preserve wine and cider in practical terms meant for working producers.
Audibert is remembered today mainly through titles such as L'art de faire le vin avec les raisins secs and later manuals on imitation wines, vermouth, bitters, syrups, and cellar techniques. His work offers a vivid glimpse of a period when French winemaking was adapting quickly to crisis, experimentation, and new commercial methods.