September 23rd - 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.

  • Suzanne Valadon, artist model and painter was born in 1865.  She was the subject of the Toulouse Lautrec painting, The Hangover.

  • Cotes-du-Vivarais AOC was named in 1999.  These wines are produced in the French department of the Ardéche.

  • Juniperro Serra who brought the first cuttings of vitis vinifera to Northern California was canonized in 2015.

  • It is the feast of St. Thecla.  A disciple of St. Paul, Thecla was repeatedly imprisoned for refusing the advances of various men she encountered as she followed Paul.  Eventually, she retreated to cave and was known as a healer. Doctors nearby, drunk on wine tried to rape her but she was saved as the cave sealed itself protecting her from a fate worse than death.

  • Happy California Wine Month!