This Date In Wine History

This Date In Wine History 

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. 

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October 21

California's Chalk Hill AVA was designated in 1983.

California's Knights Valley AVA was designated in 1983.

California's Russian River Valley AVA was designated in 1983.

Hermann Müller, a Swiss botanist and oenologist created the Müller-Thurgau varietal in 1882 was born in 1850.

Horatio Nelson, Lord Admiral of the British Navy and the Hero of Trafalgar died. His body was placed in cask of brandy, mixed with camphor and myrrh and later transferred to a lead coffin filled with spirits of wine.

Ohio's Grand River Valley AVA was designated in 1983.

The Lake Erie AVA was designated in 1983.

Verbicaro DOC was created in 1995.

Wine for the Confused, a movie by John Cleese was released in 2004.