This Date In Wine History

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This Date In Wine History 

GRAPE CULTIVATION, WINEMAKING, AND COMMERCE IN ANCIENT EGYPT C. 1500 BC

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. 

October 7

The Bonnezeaux AOC was amended in 2003;
The Coteaux-de-l'Aubance AOC was revised in 2003 The National Wine Centre of Australia opened in 2001;

The Roman Senate bans the Bacchanalian rites with the Senatus consultum de Bacchanalibus in 186 BCE.