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 23

Baron Bettino Ricasoli, the Father of Chianti Classico, died in 1880.

California's Temecula Valley AVA was designated in 1984.

English writer and critic, George Saintsbury, author of Notes on a Cellar-Book was born in 1845. 

François Clicquot died in 1805, leaving his wife La Veuve (the widow) Cliquot.