July 23rd - This Date in Wine History
/Hip, Hip Hurrah! by Peder Severin Kroyer
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.
- Peder Severin Kroyer, a Danish painter, who created a painting called “Hip, Hip Hurrah!” showing a toast at a family picnic was born in 1851.
- Robert Parker born in 1947.
- Pennsylvania and Maryland's Cumberland Valley AVA was designated in 1985.