April 11 - This Date In Wine History

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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. 

April 11

George Canning, British statesman and son of a failed Irish wine merchant was born in 1770.

Birthday of Thomas Harris, creator of the character Hannibal Lecter best for know for eating a census taker’s liver with a big Amarone.

Ivor Spencer-Thomas inventor of “FizzIt” which turned still wine into sparkling was born in 1907.