August 6

August 6, 1907: Jules Chauvet was born. Chauvet was a chemist and négociant who dedicated his life to making and selling wine. He was the first person to promote natural wine making in France, and also held respect as a profound wine taster.

August 6, 1981: Australia saw the first usage of the continuous starting culture production method created by The Yalumba Wine Company.

August 6, 2008: The wine-country comedy-drama film Bottle Shock—a dramatization of the 1976 Judgment of Paris tasting—had its U.S. theatrical release, with Alan Rickman as the merchant Steven Spurrier.

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