January 28 - 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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January 28

California's Napa Valley AVA was designated in 1981.

English writer and critic, George Saintsbury, author of Notes on a Cellar-Book died in 1933.

The Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC was created in 1972.