October 23rd - This Date in Wine History

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Baron Bettino Ricasoli 

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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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• François Clicquot died in 1805, leaving his wife La Veuve (the widow)  Cliquot.
• English writer and critic, George Saintsbury, author of Notes on a Cellar-Book was born in 1845.
• Baron Bettino Ricasoli, the Father of Chianti Classico, died in 1880.
• California's Temecula Valley AVA was designated in 1984.