August 19th - This Date in Wine History

/
2560px-Sandro_Botticelli_-_La_nascita_di_Venere_-_Google_Art_Project_-_edited.jpg

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 Roman Festival of Vinalia Rustica, celebrating the grape harvest was celebrated.
  • Marcus Aurelius Probus who lifted the ban on vineyard planting in the Roman Empire was born in 232.
  • Elizabeth Stuart was born in 1596.  After her marriage to Frederick V, Prince of Palatine and the Rhine, they began their journey to Heidelberg, meeting people from his kingdom and sampling local foods and wines.
  • Edmond James de Rothschild, father of the modern Israeli wine industry was born in 1845.
  • Junta Nacional do Vinho was created in 1937.
  • Southern Flinders Ranges was entered into the Register of Protected Names by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corp. in 2003.

November 2nd - This Date in Wine History

/
Edmond_James_de_Rothschild.jpg

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.

  • Edmond James de Rothschild, father of the modern Israeli wine industry died in 1934.
  • Marie Antoinette, whose breasts are rumored to be the model for the champagne coupe was born in 1755.
  • Spain's Chacolí de Bizkaia-Bizkaiko Txakolina DO was created in 1994.

August 29th - This Date in Wine History

/
Klimt-Salome.jpg

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 the Baptist is thought to have been beheaded in 28/9AD.  A drunk King Herod promised the head of his stepdaughter, Salome, after she danced for him. John publicly reproved both Herod and Herodius for divorcing their spouses and then marrying each other. 
  • Stricter wine purity laws were passed in 1985 by the Austrian government in the wake of the scandal surrounding diethylene glycol contaminated wines.
  • Coteaux de Saumur AOC was revised in 2002.  These wines semi-sweet and made of Chenin Blanc.

August 19th - This Date in Wine History

/
Marcus Aurelius Probus

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 Roman Festival of Vinalia Rustica, celebrating the grape harvest was celebrated.
  • Marcus Aurelius Probus who lifted the ban on vineyard planting in the Roman Empire was born in 232.
  • Edmond James de Rothschild, father of the modern Israeli wine industry was born in 1845.
  • Juneta Nacional do Vinho was created in 1937.
  • Southern Flinders Ranges was entered into the Register of Protected Names by the Australian Wine and Brandy Corp. in 2003.

November 2nd - This Date in Wine History

/

Edmond James de Rothschild

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.

  • Edmond James de Rothschild, father of the modern Israeli wine industry died in 1934.
  • Marie Antoinette, whose breasts are rumored to be the model for the champagne coupe was born in 1755.
  • Spain's Chacolí de Bizkaia-Bizkaiko Txakolina DO was created in 1994.