By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readAngelo Gaja took Barbaresco, long treated as Barolo’s quieter neighbor, and made it […]
The Anatolian Wine Industry Anatolia, or modern-day Turkey, is the peninsula connecting Asia and Europe. Due to its unique location it has often been the home of powerful empires including the Hittites, Phrygian, Greeks, […]
The Hanseatic League and the Wine Trade in Late Medieval Europe Wine Trade in Medieval Europe It is widely accepted that Europe has been divided for centuries into a wine-drinking south and a beer-drinking […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team • ✓ Researched, fact-checked, and cross-referenced against primary and scholarly sources. Italian wine is the most diverse on earth. No country grows more grape varieties, […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 8 min readBordeaux does not sell its wine the way anywhere else does. A famous […]
Wine Gods Beyond Dionysius and Bacchus We are all familiar with some of the most famous wine gods in world history. The most notable amongst these is Dionysius, the Greek god of wine and […]
For three centuries the steep, schist-terraced Douro made one thing supremely well — Port. Barca Velha set out to prove it could make a great dry red too. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 6 min readTouriga Nacional is widely held to be Portugal’s finest red grape. It is […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readPort is a sweet, strong, fortified wine from Portugal’s Douro Valley. It is […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readThe Médoc is red-wine country — the home of Cabernet Sauvignon and the […]
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