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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Who was Francis I? Anyone who's a fan of fine wine knows that some of the best vineyards in the world are located in France. But did you know that a French king actually […]
History of Argentine Wine in Colonial Times South America is part of the new world of wine, and its history goes back over 450 years. Although there were already varieties of Vitis on the […]
History of Wine The history of wine goes back millenniums and is closely aligned with the history of agriculture, cuisine, civilization and humanity. While experts aren't totally sure when wine production began, evidence of […]
The Jesuits and Wine Production in the New World In the summer of 1599, several zealous Roman Catholics arrived at the developing town of Cordoba in what is now Northwestern Argentina. These men were […]
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 […]
The Conquistador’s Impact on Wine in South America In 1554, Spanish conquistadors and missionaries transported European Viti's vinifera vines to Chile. According to mythology, the conquistador Francisco de Aguirre planted the first vines. The […]
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