This Date In Wine History

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This Date In Wine History 

GRAPE CULTIVATION, WINEMAKING, AND COMMERCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT C. 1500 BC

GRAPE CULTIVATION, WINEMAKING, AND COMMERCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT C. 1500 BC

Wine has a long established history of being our drink of choice for celebrating, entertaining, and savoring life; but it didn't start out that way. From the invention of the barrel to the designation of the separate viticultural areas, wine has a long and sorted history.  In our daily feature This Date In Wine History, we share an event of critical importance in wine history.

November 2

Edmond James de Rothschild, father of the modern Israeli wine industry died in 1934.

Marie Antoinette, whose breasts are rumored to be the model for the champagne coupe was born in 1755.

Spain's Chacolí de Bizkaia-Bizkaiko Txakolina DO was created in 1994.