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Royalty, Power & Class Archives

January 20

January 20, 1498: Guillaume le Signerre printed one of the earliest surviving cookbooks, the De Re Coquinaria. Many recipes in De Re Coquinaria use wine as an ingredient. De Re Coquinaria is one of […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T06:05:20+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: 1976 Paris Wine Tasting, American Viticultural Areas, Archduke John, Austria, California, Chalone Vineyard, Habsburg, House of Habsburg-Lorraine, Mesa Vineyards LP, San Francisco Bay AVA, Texas|

The Intriguing Tale of Wine, Monarchs, and the King’s Disease “Gout”: A Comprehensive Exploration of the Historical and Scientific Nexus

Gout, a painful form of arthritis, has been a subject of medical literature for centuries. Its historical association with the affluent and the royal, coupled with its connection to the consumption of wine, has […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-15T04:35:56+00:00Categories: Food and Wine, Medieval Period & Monasticism, Religion & Faith, Royalty, Power & Class, Science & Medicine, This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: A tale of Wine, Aristocracy, Gout, health, King's Disease, wine|

May 9

May 9, 1386: Wine exports/imports were established by the Treaty of Windsor. The diplomatic agreement between Portugal and England, known as the Treaty of Windsor, was finalized when King John I of Portugal (House […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-12T08:25:40+00:00Categories: Law & Regulation, Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: American Viticultural Areas, Decanter, England, Gallo family, King John I, National Moscato Day, Philippa of Lancaster, Portugal, River Junction AVA, Treaty of Windsor, Will Lyons, wine journalism|

June 9

June 9, 68: nearly two thousand years ago, the Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide outside Rome. He had just been displaced from the throne by a pretender called Galba, who briefly became emperor himself. […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:13:47+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Alejandro Orfila, Argentina, Bordeaux, Bordeaux WIne Festival, California, Charles Krug Winery, Emperor Nero, France, Nero, Orfila Vineyards, Romans|

April 20

April 20, 1808: Napoleon III was born. His full name was Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, and he became the French emperor after serving as president from 1848 to 1852. His reign as emperor spanned from […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-12T07:10:58+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Charles-Louis Napoléon Bonaparte, Chateau Haut-Bailly, France, Napoleon, Robert Wilmers|

October 14

October 14, 1066: The Norman Conquest of England began with the Battle of Hastings, a conflict between an English force led by Harold Godwinson and a Norman-French army led by William, the Duke of […]

October 10

October 10, 1917: Dinsmoor Webb was born in the Californian city of Victorville. Webb was a member of the faculty at University of California Davis in the Department of Chemistry as well as the […]

Staff Writer2026-08-06T17:25:22+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Auction, California, crime, Dinsmoor Webb, Elisabeth Gies, Elisabeth Kuhn, German Wine Queen, Rudy Kurniawan, University of California Davis, wine collection|

July 10

July 10, 138: On in this day in 138 AD the Emperor Hadrian died in the town of Baiae in southern Italy. He had ruled for 21 years in one of the most successful […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:28:55+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Emperor Hadrian, Posca, Romans|

August 29

August 29, 1475: The Treaty (Peace) of Picquigny between Edward IV of England and Louis XI of France was concluded, easing resumption of the Bordeaux-England wine trade. August 29, 1961: The German Wine Fund […]

Staff Writer2026-08-12T08:34:16+00:00Categories: Products, Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: California, crime, Dr. A.C. Noble, German Wine Fund, Germany, University of California Davis, Uruguay, wine, wine aroma wheel|

March 5

March 5, 1133: Henry II of England, also known as Henry Plantagenet, was born on this day. He ruled over England between 1154 and 1189 before his death. Bordeaux wine was served at the […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-12T07:03:26+00:00Categories: Royalty, Power & Class, This Day in Wine History | Dates|Tags: Bernard Arnault, Bordeaux, Château Yquem, Eleanor of Aquitaine, England, Henry II, LVMH Moët-Hennessy - Louis Vuitton SE, Moët et Chandon|

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