June 3rd - This Date in Wine History
/Jean-Antoine Chaptal
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.
- Jean-Antoine Chaptal, a French statesman and chemist who discovered that adding sugar to unfermented grape juice changed the alcohol content of wine was born this day in 1756