May 16th - 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.

  • Baldwin IX, Count of Flanders was crowned the first Emperor of the Latin Empire in 1204 at the Hagia Sophia.  His reign ended with Tsar Kalyan of Bulgaria killed him in 1205 and turned his skull into a drinking cup.
  • New York's The Hamptons, Long Island AVA was designated in 1985.
  • Robert Mondavi died in 2008.
  • The French have a saying, « À la Saint-Honoré, s'il fait gelée, le vin diminue de moitié. » or, “If it freezes on St. Honoré’s day, wine will be diminished by half.”