April 22 - This Date In Wine History

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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. 

From "The Worthies of Cumberland The Howards" by Henry Lonsdale, M.D., George Routledge & Sons, London, 1872

From "The Worthies of Cumberland The Howards" by Henry Lonsdale, M.D., George Routledge & Sons, London, 1872

April 22

British wine writer Jancis Robinson was born in 1950.

Lord William Howard of Naworth Castle purchased Easter wine for the communicants at Wetherall in 1626.