Phillips is a historian of early modern and modern Europe, with a special focus on eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution. He has a specific research interest in alcohol, food, and the family.
He started as a historian of the family and his doctoral dissertation was on marr...
Phillips is a historian of early modern and modern Europe, with a special focus on eighteenth-century France and the French Revolution. He has a specific research interest in alcohol, food, and the family.
He started as a historian of the family and his doctoral dissertation was on marriage and divorce during the French Revolution. He later expanded my scope to the western world more broadly.
In addition to writing on the history of alcohol, Phillips writes on wine for the wine media. He wrote a weekly wine column for the Ottawa Citizen for 15 years and he writes the wine features for the print and on-line editions of NUVO Magazine.