March 20th - 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.
In 1524 Hernán Cortés, Marquis of the Oaxaca Valley decreed that all Spaniards with encomiendas should plant 1,000 Spanish and native grapevines for ever 100 indians in their service.
The Dutch East India Company was created in 1602. The South African wine industry, started by Jan van Riebeeck, a company y employee is a legacy.
Friedrich Hölderlin, German lyric poet was born in 1770 He is known for the poem, Brod und Wein.
James Christie imported 621 1/2 of port wine and 600lbs of Jesuits bark (cinchona bark, the source of quinine) in 1776.
Ferdinand Foch, French General, military strategist and Supreme Allied Commander during WWI died in 1929. The grape Marechal Foch was named in his honor.
Spain's Plá I Llevant DO was created in 2001.
Happy Spring! It is the Vernal Equinox.
