April 22nd - This Date is Wine History

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.

• In 1670, Lord Buckhurst wrote to George Williamson asking that George Crenit be appointed as one of the Commissioners for the Wine Act.
• In 1811 Captain Russell (of the 4th Battalion Norfolk Regiment) promises the Mess on bottle of wine if Lt. Col. Durrant shall state in his letter to Capt. Junck that the Regiment is likely to remain at Ramsgate during the summer.
• Lieut. H. Neve promised the Mess two bottles of wine if the Regiment remains at Ramsgate during this summer.  These wagers are marked as paid.
• 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.