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Colonialism Archives

We call it New World Wine, but it really is the legacy of Colonialism and wine. Look into this turning point category to see how the Age of Exploration led to New World Wine regions with all the good, the bad, and the ugly that came with it.

The Origins of California Wine: Junipero Serra, the Apostle of California

Mission San Juan Capistrano, long credited with California’s first substantial winemaking in the 1780s. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202610 min readCalifornia is now […]

Staff Writers2026-08-02T23:05:25+00:00Categories: 1701 CE to 1800 CE, Colonialism, Medieval Period & Monasticism, New World, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: California Missions, Colonial Wine History, Franciscan mission, Junipero Serra, missionaries, San Francisco, serra|

Wine and Injustice: A History of Exploitation and Inequality in Wine Production

By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 9 min read Wine is one of civilisation’s great pleasures — and for most of […]

Ken Wytsma2026-08-15T04:08:15+00:00Categories: Business & Trade, Colonialism|Tags: Colonialism, Wine & Law, Wine Trade|

The Pre-Colonial Wine Of Indigenous Peoples

The Pre-Colonial Wine Of Indigenous Peoples Before the first colonizers set foot in the Americas, Indigenous peoples were creating fermented beverages from local plants. In Mexico, there were over 30 different types of alcoholic […]

Staff Writer2026-08-15T04:35:29+00:00Categories: 1501 CE to 1700 CE, Colonialism, This Day in Wine History | Articles, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: Central American, Colonial Wine History, History, Indigenous, Pre-Colonial, wine, wine history|

The Economics of Wine in the Spread of Colonialism

The Economics of Wine in the Spread of Colonialism There are several academic subfields dedicated to the study of wine. A few examples are agronomy, geography, geology, and politics. The people who conquered the […]

Staff Writers2026-08-15T04:36:57+00:00Categories: Colonialism, This Day in Wine History | Articles, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: Colonialism, Europe, New World, SOUTH AMERICA|

All You Need to Know About the Spanish Inquisition

All You Need to Know About the Spanish Inquisition The Spanish Inquisition, formally initiated on 1st November 1478 by the government of Spain, was a legal and social movement between 1478 and 1834 that […]

Staff Writers2026-08-15T04:45:35+00:00Categories: Colonialism, This Day in Wine History | Articles, Wine History In-Depth|Tags: Colonial Era, Spanish Colonialism, Spanish wine, Spanish wine industry|

How The ‘Mission Grape’ Started New World Wine

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 […]

Staff Writers2026-08-15T04:48:47+00:00Categories: 1501 CE to 1700 CE, Colonialism, New World, Technology & the Vine, This Day in Wine History | Articles|Tags: California Missions, Christianity, Colonialism, mission grape, New World History In-depth, Religion, Spanish Colonialism, viticulture|

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