July 8th - This Date in Wine History

/
Pisa

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.

  • The Journal of the Society of Chemical Industry in the United Kingdom reports that E.R. Sudden received a patent for a method and apparatus for maturing wine and live beverages in 1890.
  • The US Patent office issued a trademark for Donnelly Brothers Wines in 1913
  • The Bianco Pisano di San Torpè DOC was established in 1980.  This wine comes from Pisa and have 75% Trebbiano grapes, must be 16% alcohol and be aged 4 years.