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.
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, once so productive it was called the mother of California’s vineyards. Via Wikimedia Commons.By Ken Wytsma✓ Researched, fact-checked & verifiedAugust 202613 min readCalifornia is now one of the great wine […]
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 […]
By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team · ✓ Researched, fact-checked & verified · July 2026 · 7 min readFor most of a thousand years, the Catholic Church was the most important […]
Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper (1495–98). At this meal Jesus identified a cup of wine with his blood — the moment that placed wine at the centre of Christian worship. Santa Maria delle […]
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 […]
A monk samples the cellar in a medieval illumination. In the medieval world three great faiths shared the same fermented grape — and reached three very different verdicts about it. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the […]
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 […]
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