April 1 - This Date In Wine History

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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. 

April 1 

Mike Grgich, Croatian American winemaker was born in 1923.

The Alsace Pinot gris AOC was named in 2007. It was previously called 'Tokay Pinot Gris’.  However the term 'Tokay' was successfully claimed by the traditional wines of Hungary and Slovakia.


The first issue of the Wine Spectator was released in 1976.