November 6th - This Date in Wine History

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Take your place in history - VOTE!

Take your place in history - VOTE!

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.

  • Julian was named Caesar of the Western Provinces in 355.  He later tried to conquer the Persians but was injured.  He died as a result of having his wound irrigated with “dark wine”.

  • The Synod of Rome was called by Holy Roman Emperor Otto I in 962.  During this Synod, Otto deposes Pope John XII on the grounds that he was depraved and worldly (and incited rebellion against the Emperor).  Witnesses claimed that the Pontiff had toasted the devil with wine.

  • The French Bonnezeaux AOC was created in 1951.

  • National Nachos Day… What wine would you pair with Nachos?

October 20th - This Date in Wine History

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Photo courtesy of Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY

Photo courtesy of Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY

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.

  • Flemish painter, Simon de Vos, was born in 1603.  His paintings often depict people at social gatherings with wine, such as the “Wedding at Cana” and “Gathering of Smokers and Drinkers”.

  • South African chemist and viticulturist, Abraham Izak Perold was born in 1880.

  • Italy’s Rosso Conero DOC was created in 1990.

  • Italy’s Verduno Pelaverga DOC was created in 1995.

  • Spain's Rioja DOCa was created in 2004.

  • Happy National Brandied Fruit Day!

  • National Sweetest Day!

November 5th - 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.

  • John James Dufour of Vevey, Switzerland creates the first vineyard in Kentucky in 1798.  He names it First Vineyard.
  • Ruins of the Viking settlement in Vinland was discovered in 1963.
  • The Colline Novaresi DOC was created in 1994.
  • It is National Nachos Day… What wine would you pair with Nachos? (I'm going with Syrah).

May 29th - 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.

  • The Italian government named 6 DOCs in 1973: 
  • Cesanese del Piglio; 
  • Cesanese di Affile; 
  • Cesanese di Olevano; 
  • Cinque Terre Sciacchetrà; 
  • Grignolino d'Asti DOC; 
  • Malvasia di Castelnuovo Don Bosco DOC;
  • Colli Bolognesi and Colli Bolognesi Classico DOC was created in 1975
  • Spain's Toro DO was established in 1987
  • Happy English Wine Week!
  • Happy National Coq Au Vin Day!
  • Happy Memorial Day!