How Precision Viticulture Promotes Eco-Friendly Practices in Vineyards The trends in wine growing continue to evolve over time. Ever asked yourself what this is supposed to mean for those working in the winegrowing field? […]
How The 'Mission Grape' Started New World Wine The Mission grape has never been massively popular with wine critics. One study of the history of viticulture in the United States before Prohibition in 1919 […]
The Impact of the Soviet Union’s Occupation on Georgian Winemaking Little has changed regarding winemaking techniques in Georgia’s wine history, considered the oldest in the world. In this area they still use many old […]
What is Wine? Grape juice is fermented to create wine. Only V. vinifera, one species in the genus Vitis, is used to produce wine for human consumption (otherwise known as the European grape). Despite […]
April 1100: Schloss Johannisberg, Germany, was established during this time. In 1720, when the whole estate was planted with a Riesling type of grapes, Schloss Johannisberg made history by becoming the world's first closed […]
South Africa is one of the world’s leading wine producers today. Approximately a quarter of a million acres of land is under vine here in a country with an ideal mix of cool mountain […]
An Evaluation of Phylloxera's Impact on Spain Phylloxera proved to be an ecological and financial disaster for Europe's winemaking industry, including Spain. However, its influence eventually led to the beginning of a new era […]
Economic Impact of Phylloxera in Germany Even though war, colonization, and famine stormed multiple regions across the globe during the 19th century, Germany had a period of expanding prosperity after the Napoleonic Wars that […]
Vineyards below the snow-capped Andes in Mendoza — the high-altitude desert that made Argentine Malbec famous. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 20267 min readArgentina […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · Updated July 2026 · 11 min read Between 1863 and the end of the century, an aphid the […]
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