Monks and wine. Is there any more fascinating story in the history of wine? In this category dive deep into the influence of monasticism in the Medieval period of winemaking.
Introduction: The Most Famous Wine Cup in History Regular visitors to the cinema over the past forty or fifty years might well have come across the most famous wine cup in history. Robert de […]
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 […]
City of Wine: A History of the Bordeaux Wine Trade Bordeaux. Mention the name and it conjures up images of fine French wines, a port city dominated by the wine trade, and tens of […]
The Profile of Monasticism in the Development of the Champagne Region This article will outline the role of monasticism in the development of the Champagne area by studying Dom Pérignon, a notable monk who […]
Let us Worship and Drink: The History of Religion and Wine Benjamin Franklin wrote a letter to Abbe Morellet in 1779 claiming that the strategic location of the elbow was proof that God wanted […]
The Historical Profile of the Famous Monastery Winery in Burgundy Burgundy’s earliest archeological evidence of grape cultivation dates back to the 2nd century AD. However, it is thought that the Celts were cultivating vines […]
Sacramental Wine Through the Years Two thousand years ago, many people in the Mediterranean believed that gods lived in the grapes of wine. They also believed that drinking the wine would allow them to […]
The Jesuits and Wine Production in the New World In the summer of 1599, several zealous Roman Catholics, men who perceived themselves as religious warriors, arrived at the developing town of Cordoba in what […]
The Franciscans and Viticulture in the Old World and the New In the late nineteenth century, the German artist and art critic Eduard von Grützner began working on a style of painting that would […]
The Benedictines and their Role in European Wine Production during the Middle Ages The decline and fall of the Western Roman Empire could have spelled disaster for viticulture in Western and Central Europe. The […]
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