July 20th - This Date in Wine History
/Advertisement for Vin Mariani featuring Pope Leo XIII
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.
- Pope Leo XIII, a proponent of Vin Mariani, a wine made with coca leaves, died in 1903
- The Cortese dell'Alto Monferrato DOC was created in 1979. The wine is made from Cortese grapes in the Piedmont region of Italy.