A History of Wine Glasses and Goblets
A History of Wine Glasses and Goblets Today we take it for granted that if you order some wine in a restaurant or bar it’s served to you in a glass. But it was […]
Roman Bubbles: Bollulae, Cleopatra and Ancient Sparkling Wine
Roman Bubbles: Bollulae, Cleopatra, and Ancient Sparkling Wine It’s peculiar to some of the things which the Romans wrote about in the first century AD. Around mid-century the epic poet Lucan, author of the […]
The Most Famous Wine Cup in History: The Holy Grail and the Wine of the Last Supper
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 […]
Modern Technology and the Emergence of the Global Wine Trade, c. 1800–2000
Railways, Steamships, and Marketing: Modern Technology and the Emergence of the Global Wine Trade, c. 1800–2000 Introduction - The Wine Industry in 1800 The global wine industry has developed in enormous ways over the […]
Hanseatic League and Wine Trade in Late Medieval Europe
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
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 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 […]
From Ireland to France: The Wine Geese and the Eighteenth-Century Wine Industry
From Ireland to France: The Wine Geese and the Eighteenth-Century Wine Industry Nobody doubts the significance of the eighteenth century in the development of the French wine trade. This was when the modern industry […]
Wine and Weather: A History
Wine and Weather: A Tangled History Of all aspects of viticulture, the weather is probably the single most unpredictable factor involved in the wine-making equation. Microclimates can play a huge part in determining what […]
Wine Gods Beyond Dionysius and Bacchus
Wine Gods Beyond Dionysius and Bacchus We are all familiar with some of the most famous wine gods in world history. The most notable amongst these is Dionysius, the Greek god of wine and […]
