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&#160;Ci-dessous une proposition de participation à une session organisée par Irina et Dmitri  Gouzévitch pour le 43e Symposium ICOHTEC, Porto (26-30 juillet 2016) : "The Wine in the History : between Technology, Science and Transfert of Knowledge (XVIIth-XIXth centuries)".Date limite de soumission : 8 février 2016http://www.icohtec.org/annual-meeting-2016.htmlWine in History : between Technology, Science and Transfer of Knowledge (XVIIth-XIXth centuries)Wine is inextricably linked to the human civilization. A highly symbolic cultural phenomenon which made the delight of poets and artists, it is associated both with the pleasures of life and conviviality and with their excesses. However, the social historical function of wine goes well beyond this symbolic representation. Indeed, without wine, many antic and medieval societies simply would not have survived, especially after the rise of the cities and the concomitant process of massive water pollution. The wine is also an economic phenomenon because its production and trade made the wealth of many cities, regions and countries.Biggest beneficiary of Christian religious practices, the wine in the 17th century Europe suffered from the competition with the imported exotic drinks (tea, coffee, chocolate) before finding a new impetus in the technological innovations of the Enlightenment (bottles, corks and so on). During the 19th century, science and technology interferred actively in this traditional field, changing progressively the technical conditions of the production of wine and of its related accessories required for packaging, preservation, storage and transportation. The improved communications and the promotion of national legislations greatly contributed to transform the wine production into a world-wide spread industry having gained a foothold even in those geographical areas that had never experienced this culture before.This session aims to explore some new aspects of this problematics linked, in particular, with engineering innovations in the field of wine production and with the role played in this process by the transfer of knowledge.