October 16th - This Date in Wine History

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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.

  • Marie Antoinette, whose breasts are rumored to be the model of the shape of the champagne coupe was executed in 1793.

  • The SS  America left Bremen bound for Baltimore with 225 barrels of wine in 1889.

  • Joachim von Ribbentrop was executed in 1946.  A German wine merchant, he became Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs under Adolf Hitler.  He was found guilty of Crimes Against Humanity during the Nuremberg trials and hanged.

  • The Australian Geographical Indications "Langhorne Creek" and "Lenswood" were registered in 1998.

  • The French have a saying, « Pour la Saint-Gall, le raisin fait du mauvais vin. » or "For St. Gallen, the grapes make bad wine. "