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 28

The County de Guerchy tried to poison the Chevalier d'Eon by poisoning his wine with opium. The Chavalier was a French diplomat, spy, soldier and Freemason who lived the first half of her life as a man and the second half as a woman.