In August 1975, Corsican nationalists seized a wine cellar over a fraud scandal. The deadly Aléria standoff launched roughly forty years of the Corsican conflict.
Where there is great value, there is great temptation — and the world of fine wine has seen fraud, forgery, extortion and theft on a grand scale. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in […]
NEW WORLD WINE LABELS “Old World” wine and “New World” wine are terms you may have heard on the wine-soaked lips of your friends. As simple as this distinction may appear at first, comprehending […]
The Romanée-Conti vineyard, source of the world’s most coveted — and most faked — wine. Rudy Kurniawan loved it so much collectors called him “Dr Conti.” Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine […]
August 1248: During this time, Château de Goulaine began its wine journey as the de Goulaine family produced wines for their personal consumption. Eventually they turned commercial and became France's oldest continuously operational winery, […]
October 1347: In this month, the Black Death arrived in Europe. When 12 Black Sea ships berthed at the Messina port in Sicily, the disease sailed into Europe. The vast majority of the crew […]
The Artists' Series Baron Philippe is the first person to have artists paint his wine labels. It may have started when he married his second wife, Pauline Fairfax, in 1954. She was an American […]
November 17, 1890: Maximiano Errázuriz died. Maximiano Errázuriz Valdivieso was a politician, businessman, and winemaker from Chile with Basque ancestry. Maximiano Errazuriz was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1832. He was the son of […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Brunello di Montalcino is one of the greatest red wines Italy has ever made […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readIn 1973 one of Bordeaux’s proudest wine houses was caught selling cheap southern […]
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