Phylloxera and the vineyard of Herencia Curiosity · Herencia, La Mancha, Ciudad Real Image of Herencia, not of the place itself. The vineyards of Herencia enjoyed their great expansion after the phylloxera crisis that devastated French vineyards from 1880 onwards, when foreign demand sent Manchegan production soaring. Photo: Rodelar (CC BY-SA 4.0) What to see and do in Herencia