In fiction, wine is rarely just a drink — it is a symbol, a scene and sometimes the whole plot. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, fact-checked & […]
1. Fiction: The Greeks invented wine Facts: Archaeological records suggest that wine was discovered long before the Ancient Greek civilization rose to power. The earliest traces of wine have been discovered in modern-day Georgia and date […]
Italian Immigrants and Brazilian Winemaking Italian immigrants play a significant role in Brazilian winemaking history. Giuseppe Miolo was one of the thousands of Italian immigrants who crossed the Atlantic Ocean searching for opportunities in […]
The History of (Wine) Grapes In 2017, archeologists published a discovery. Grape and wine production has been around for even longer than they thought. How did they know? In an excavation site from the […]
A Spanish mission in California, drawn around 1839. Missions planted their own vineyards for sacramental wine — and in doing so seeded the wine industries of the Americas. Via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day […]
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 […]
Mapping the World of Wine: A History of Wine Maps We often talk about wine history, but there is an under-explored and under-appreciated aspect of wine history–the history of wine maps. Maps and wine […]
A 19th-century cut-glass wine decanter. Decanting is one of wine’s most theatrical rituals — and one of its most useful. Cooper Hewitt, via Wikimedia Commons.By the This Day in Wine History Editorial Team✓ Researched, […]
The Birth of Modern Oenology: A History of Wine Education in France Human beings have been drinking wine since at least 6000 BC. It was central to many past societies, notably amongst the ancient […]
The History of Children and Wine in France One of the world’s largest and most prestigious wine producers, the French have never been reluctant to introduce their country’s wines to the rest of the […]
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