June 19th - This Date in Wine History

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Chicago's World's Fair by Thomas Moran

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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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• The final report of the State of California for the Chicago World's Fair of 1893 Commission reported that California's wine display in the Horticulture Building was considered a special attraction to fair goers.
• Henri Enjalbert, French specialist in wine geology died in 1983 
• René Renou, president of the Institut National des Appellations d'Origine died in 2006